West Dunbartonshire Council has transformed a contaminated derelict site – previously a primary school – in Clydebank, Glasgow, into an attractive and exciting community greenspace with biodiversity areas, outdoor education spaces, raised bed allotments and new recreational and exercise areas.

The project has delivered an additional two hectares of green infrastructure in an urban area of poor health and relatively high deprivation, where 80% of the population live within 500 metres of vacant and derelict land and where there is a clear shortfall of quality green space.

By contributing to improved health and well-being, and a new positive identity for this part of the town within wider regeneration efforts, it is helping make the community more resilient to challenges such as the impacts of climate change