A Scottish charity which supports disabled young people is set to take over and renovate an adventure playground in Glasgow.

The Yard will run Linn Park adventure playground if a proposed 20-year deal is approved by councillors on Thursday. There are hopes the facility could be revamped and reopened by April next year.

The charity has secured £500,000 from the Scottish Government to establish an operation in the city and believes the premises are suitable for its needs.

(Image: Linn Park Adventure Playground)

Glasgow Life, the council’s culture and leisure arm, currently has a lease for the council-owned playground — for children with additional support needs and their families — until 2032. 

Scotland Yard Adventure Centre, known as the Yard, would sublease the facility until Glasgow Life’s lease comes to an end. From 2032, Glasgow City Council would take over landlord responsibilities. 

The Yard would pay a concessionary rent of £1 per year, if asked, throughout the term of the deal. There would be a break option every three years.

The charity, which currently operates in Dundee, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, helps disabled children and young people (aged 0 to 25) and their families, offering opportunities for adventure play.

Cllr Ruairi Kelly, SNP, the council’s convener for neighbourhood assets and services, said the deal would safeguard the future of the playground.

He said the facility would “shortly be renovated before reopening as what will be a very valuable facility for disabled children and young people in the city”.

“The Yard has a strong track record of running similar playgrounds and access to funding that would otherwise be lost to this facility,” he added.

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A council report stated the £500,000 secured from the Scottish Government needs to be spent by March 31.

It added: “There are substantial renovations and upgrading required before the property will be in a suitable condition for use. These will be carried out by The Yard, as a condition of the grant funding.”

Officials said it is hoped the property can be handed over to The Yard by the end of the year with the aim to reopen in April 2025.