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Chamber and committees

Congratulations to the Children’s Wood

  • Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-23207

That the Parliament welcomes the decision of Glasgow City Council to grant a community asset transfer of land in North Kelvin to the Children’s Wood community organisation; understands that the Children’s Wood will take a 25-year lease of the site, which it will maintain as a garden and open space for the benefit of the local community; congratulates all of those who campaigned over many years to bring the former playing grounds back into valued local amenity use under threat of inappropriate development for housing; believes this is a victory for community self-empowerment and is especially timely to support people’s wellbeing through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and wishes the Children’s Wood every success in its future work with the local community.


Supported by: Bob Doris, John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Sandra White, Andy Wightman