A key Hampshire charity has had a welcome donation from football supporters from far afield.

Friends of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Southampton General Hospital received a cheque for £4,000 from the parents of little Clinton Pringle who was tragically killed last year.

The three-year-old was on holiday with mum Stacey, 29, in St Helier, Jersey, when he was knocked down by a van in the ‘shared space’ of a local park.

He was flown to Southampton hospital by air ambulance, but died from his injuries a few days later surrounded by 26 members of his family who travelled to be with him.

Michael and Stacey made the decision to donate their son's heart and other organs to help others and immediately after his death a fundraising page was set up.

Clinton's parents decided to donate to a number of organisations that had helped them and their son, including Friends of PICU and Ronald McDonald House in Southampton, where a number of family members were given accommodation while Clinton was treated at the intensive care unit.

Michael, 50 said: "It's only when you find yourself in an horrendous situation like the one we found ourselves in, that you really understand how much effort and compassion goes into caring for injured and sick children, and looking after their families.

“We will never ever get over losing him but we just wanted to say thank you, hopefully this donation in memory of our brave little ‘lion heart’ Clinton will go some way to helping other children and their families."

Avid Celtic fans, the family were pleased to be able to hand over their generous cheque at Celtic Park - just months after Clinton went to his first match at the famous ground.

PICU director Dr Iain McIntosh - who also has ties to Glasgow - had flown up to Glasgow to watch Celtic's 4-0 victory over Hearts.

A 38-year-old woman, Rebekah Le Gal from St Helier, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The matter has been sent to Jersey's Royal Court.

PICU Southampton looks after 1,000 patients a year from southern and central England, is the sixth largest PICU in the UK by number of admissions and has one of the best survival rates. Children are referred from hospitals as far afield as Plymouth, Milton Keynes and the Channel Islands.