CRAFTY West College Scotland students stepped in to help build a new shop for children from a Greenock nursery.
Excited little ones from Hillend Children's Centre looked on as the joinery 'class of 24' put the finishing touches to the outbuilding which will be the base for a fantastic new enterprise.
West College Scotland joinery lecturer Sandy Alexander and his team helped bring to life the children's ideas and designs for the Hillend Shop.
They then went along to the nursery to put it all together on site and celebrate a great collaboration.
Head of Centre Sonia McKay said: "We can't thank the West College Scotland lecturers and students enough. The shop looks fantastic and it has been great working on it.
"The children are so excited. We are going to use the shop to sell soup and produce from our garden to our parents, grandparents and visitors."
Hillend Children's Centre staff and parents set about fundraising to get the materials for the shop.
They then drafted in joinery and carpentry lecturer Sandy Alexander, whose wife Carol works in the nursery, and together they all made the vision come to life.
Sandy said: "It has been a great experience, the students have enjoyed it. The nursery told us what they wanted and we set to work.
For months students completing their National Progress Award in carpentry and joinery, including John McDonnell, 36, from Greenock and Scott Moore, 22, have worked on the little shop.
John said: "It's a great project and it has been a way of using the skills we have learned on the course.
"It is great to see the smiles on the kids faces and to see it all finished as well.
"I was also involved in going to a local business to ask them to donate the sign."
Hillend Children's Centre depute head Joyce Patrick said: "It has been a great experience watching it all come together and we are excited about the shop now."
It was a real community effort with the college supplying the paint, the nursery supplying the materials and local business Ripping Router donating the sign.
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