Councillors mentioned the availability of specialist play tools for North Lanarkshire youngsters with extra help wants throughout a latest assembly.
Councillor Greg Lennon, seconded by Councillor Barry McCluskey, tabled a movement at the newest full council assembly.
The movement referred to as for a overview of all play areas within the authority to make them extra accessible, stating “this Council recognises that play is a crucial a part of all youngsters’s growth and extra so for kids with disabilities, visible impairment, and kids with extra help wants.”
The movement additionally acknowledged that specifically designed play tools was out there at simply “one or two” parks within the authority space, forcing households to journey to Ravenscraig or outdoors North Lanarkshire for parks in Giffnock or Grangemouth.
The movement referred to as for one park in every of the council’s 21 wards to be provided with suitably tailored tools.
Councillor Lennon mentioned that since first being elected in 2017 he had been contacted by “numerous” mother and father of youngsters with extra wants concerning the lack of appropriate play areas, which additionally meant their youngsters had been unable to be included with others, and browse out feedback from some such mother and father who must spend cash on petrol to drive previous play parks to seek out appropriate play tools.
The movement was opposed by an modification from Labour’s Michael McBride who welcomed the proposed overview of play areas however mentioned the Scottish Authorities had final 12 months an “arbitrary and insufficient” £60m funding in play areas throughout Scotland.
The council had been awarded round £300,000 for every of the previous two years which had been used to refurbish seven websites within the first 12 months with 5 extra due this monetary 12 months.
The modification instructed the chief of the council to write down to the Scottish Authorities in search of funding to refurbish an extra 260 play areas in North Lanarkshire.
He was seconded by depute council chief Paul Kelly who agreed the Scottish Authorities had not supplied all of the funding it had pledged and added that £141m was wanted to refurbish play parks throughout Scotland.
Following additional debate the Labour modification defeated the SNP movement by a single vote at 38 to 37.
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