PINT-sized Port Glasgow explorers have been gifted a new outdoor play area thanks to the support of two local developers.

Children at St Francis' Primary and Nursery have had their garden transformed by Sanctuary Scotland and Cruden Building.

The school sits on the doorstep of Sanctuary's new Dubbs Road development of 24 affordable flats, which has been built by Cruden.

The team from the firm brought the area to life by building a water activity wall, work benches and a new mud kitchen.

Tots also have timber benches to sit on and can learn more about how things grow in planters and troughs.

Funding for the play area transformation came through Sanctuary's MORE! initiative, which sees development partners work together by donating skills, resources and equipment to help important local community projects.

Nursery deputy, Carrie Murphy, said: "Thanks to this fantastic support we can fully realise the dream of an outdoor play area for our pupils to safely enjoy, play and learn in.

"We consider ourselves very lucky to have had this opportunity to improve the outdoor experiences of our children here at St Francis'."

Gillian Lavety, Sanctuary’s development director - Scotland, said: "We’re really looking forward to welcoming our first residents to the development.

"It's important to us that our contractors across all of our developments provide benefits for local people and this outdoor learning transformation project is a great example."

Gordon Lee, of Cruden Building, said: "We're committed to supporting good causes in the local areas that we work in.

"We hope the children enjoy many years of fun and learning outdoors in this new play area."

The partnership between Sanctuary and Cruden has created 19 new jobs, four new modern apprenticeships and nine work placements across the four development sites in Inverclyde.

Sanctuary is developing a total of 96 much-needed homes for social rent across Greenock and Port Glasgow.