East End school children are set to get new games painted on their playground after a parent council won funding.
An Easterhouse football academy has also landed a funding boost as it grows in popularity.
Swinton Parent Council was awarded £2,223 from the Baillieston Area Partnership at a meeting this week to paint games on tarmac “to enhance the children's outdoor learning through play.”
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Speaking at the meeting, councillor John Daly, Conservative said: “I’m always very supportive of anything that gets kids out in the playground. It is very important.”
He said it is especially so “where we live in the west of Scotland where the opportunities to get out and about in the winter before and after school are very limited. I’m happy to support the application.”
Easterhouse Football Academy were awarded £1,092 for training equipment and small sided goals for the under 2016s age teams.
The academy also got £385 to pay for training equipment for the 2017 age group football team.
A council official said the “number of people attending this football academy has significantly increased” and equipment can’t be shared between teams.
The academy applications are being considered on a pro-rata basis with the North East Area Partnership.
Bannerman High School has been awarded £1,755 to run a playscheme in the spring and summer. It also won £135 to rent the secondary’s premises for the activity in the spring.
That funding is coming from the upcoming Baillieston Area Partnership financial year budget for 2023 to 2024
Also approved from that budget is a residential trip for Garrowhill Primary pupils, which won £1000.
Councillor Alex Kerr, SNP, said: “I think everybody seems happy to approve.”
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