What delights does Croy’s new playpark offer children after £70,000 Highland Council investment?
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A newly refurbished playpark has opened in Croy village near Inverness.
Ardcroy Road playpark’s upgrade was made possible with £50,000 of place-based investment funding and another £20,000 of repurposed Covid funding.
Both Highland Council grants were approved at June’s meeting of Inverness city committee.
The refurbishment project was delivered following a consultation process and supported by Croy Primary School and Hugh Urquhart, the school’s registered parent volunteer.
Parents and pupils from the school were involved in choosing the final designs and came up with ideas for what they wanted to see at the park.
The refurbished park now includes a new embankment slide, swings, an inclusive roundabout low enough for wheelchair users and an activity trail.
Those new installations, which took two months to complete, join the existing climbing frame which was retained.
Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, councillor for Culloden and Ardersier and provost of Inverness, said: “We are all too aware of the harm caused by the COVID pandemic on young people, who were unable to socialise and mix with their friends during difficult periods of national lockdown.
“The members of the Culloden and Ardersier ward are all delighted to have been able to direct place based investment funding and remaining Covid funding to help deliver this fantastic facility for the children of Croy.
“Outdoor play and socialising with friends are very important for children and have well-documented benefits for their physical and mental health, something which was badly affected during the pandemic.
“We hope this park will be enjoyed by children today and well as many others in the future.”
