STUDENTS have given a community centre's minibus a new lease of life.

Blackburn College's vehicle refinishing department offered to respray Hawthorn Community Centre's minibus free of charge.

Paints for the job were donated by Tony Knowles Motor Bodies of Blackburn.

Pictured from the left are Hawthorn Junior School's head teacher John Orgill, Hawthorn Community Project's Sue Bulmer, Guisseppi Arnone, Andrew Morris, David Cook, Aaron Dearden, Ashley Smith, Blackburn College lecturer Dave Horn and Darren Kenny.

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