STUDENTS at St John's Middle School in Bromsgrove collected Christmas donations for Catshill Foodbank.

The youngsters filled boxes with tins and packets to help the less fortunate after Year 8 pupil, Steven Laurent, came up with the idea when he heard about the good work the foodbank were doing during the festive period.

Rachel Bourne, head of Year 8 at St John's Middle School, said: "We are very thankful to Steven for suggesting such a wonderful idea and our pupils have done us proud with the amount of food they've donated."