Final year students from Camphill School in Aberdeen, which provides education and support for children and young people with special needs, have helped carry out refurbishment work at the Ross Watt Community Garden in the Culter area of Aberdeen, as part of their Duke of Edinburgh's Awards.

James Jay, Conor Reid, Samuel Scott and Charlie Walker – all 18 years old – worked to improve the gardens and the play area, as well as starting work on a new walkway and seating area in the wooded section of the garden. This part of the work has been particularly hard as it involved removing large boulders from the route.

In total, nine students from Camphill School are on the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards, which includes voluntary work, physical activity and an expedition. In June they will take part in the expedition element of the award scheme, spending two days and one night in remote countryside.

One Conor Reid said of the Award scheme: "I thought it would be an opportunity for my last year at Camphill School Aberdeen. It has been a lot of hard work, but it has also been good fun."

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