Taylor Wimpey offers health and safety lessons to Lanarkshire schoolkids

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Representatives from Taylor Wimpey went back to the classroom recently where they gave youngsters at an East Kilbride school some reminders about health and safety.With construction of new homes at their development in Jackton now well underway, the homebuilder was keen to promote the dangers associated with playing near any construction site.

The visit and talk was given to youngsters from primaries four to seven at Mossneuk Primary School and gave the housebuilder an opportunity to raise awareness of the children’s need to be extra vigilant as the building of its new homes progresses.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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