Aged residents will quickly be capable of take tri-shaw excursions of Levengrove Park, after councillors agreed to a funding proposal.
Members final week unanimously authorised a funding utility from the Pals of Levengrove Park for a £19,800 grant to determine the Biking With out Age challenge.
Beforehand, West Dunbartonshire councillors had voted to delay any determination over price issues, with the trishaws priced at £8400 every.
The rickshaw-style automobile can comfortably seat two individuals at a time and will probably be pushed by volunteer cyclists who will cycle residents across the park.
Particularly, care residence residents and folks residing in sheltered housing are anticipated to profit from the excursions.
Throughout discussions final 12 months Dumbarton councillor Iain McLaren of the SNP mentioned: “It seems like an incredible factor they're planning to supply.
“I've had a glance on the web for these items and they're fairly expensive items of equipment.
“They're getting on for the worth of a small hatchback.”
These fears have now been allayed nonetheless, with the grant receiving cross-party backing throughout a Dumbarton Belief Committee assembly final week.
Funding will probably be taken from the Dumbarton Belief Fund, leaving £4931 locally cashpot.
The programme is focused particularly to members of the aged group who're unable to entry the park as a result of their age, incapacity, sick well being or social isolation.
It is going to be delivered by volunteers who will cycle aged group members across the park, they usually hope to supply excursions to greater than 250 individuals each week.
Of their utility, Pals of Levengrove Park say: “This challenge is focused particularly to our aged group members and folks of all ages with any type of restricted potential, who're at the moment unable to entry Levengrove Park as a result of their age, incapacity, sick well being or social isolation.
“Particularly, our aged individuals in care and nursing properties and folks of all ages residing in sheltered housing and supported residing lodging.
“This challenge will probably be delivered by volunteers who will cycle our aged group members across the park in a protected, all climate, customized made tri-shaw.”
They added that the exercise can be useful to residents, decreasing isolation and enhancing bodily and psychological well being.
The group acknowledged: “The affect of this challenge will probably be far reaching, enabling individuals to go open air and be extra energetic, much less remoted and can serve our contributors with a really excessive normal of social expertise.
“The advantages to the contributors and volunteers bodily, emotional and psychological well being and well-being will probably be appreciable.
“As well as, it should allow volunteers of all ages to attach with aged individuals and be taught new lifelong expertise and experiences.”
The brand new challenge will probably be delivered in partnership with Biking With out Age, who already run profitable trishaw excursions in places together with Dunoon, Montrose and Comrie.