Young people from Workington have been asked about the changes they would like to see to help tackle anti-social behaviour.

Councillors Herbert Briggs and Hilary Harrington met with Year 6 pupils from St Patrick’s Primary School to talk about anti-social behaviour – particularly in Vulcan Park – and how the space could be improved.

The visit was part of Workington Town Council’s work tackling the issues that impact the area. St Patrick’s has recently launched Parco Securo, a campaign to make the park safer, with the help of Hospice at Home West Cumbria and the Centre for Leadership Performance.

Coun Briggs, who is the town's mayor, visited the school on Monday and heard ideas from young people about how facilities in the park could be improved.

He said: “It’s great to see that there’s kids of that age doing that. They went on to tell us what they would like to see in the park like water features that they’ve got at Carlisle, which is something we have discussed.”

Councillor Paul Scott, leader of Allerdale Independents, said: “They gave some solid advice.”

Improvements that young people felt could be made to the park included new play equipment for their age group. Anti-social behaviour from teenagers was also reported to town councillors.

Coun Scott said: “What some see as anti-social behaviour others don’t but the concern was there was a few of them hanging about in the place and the younger generation felt a bit unsafe going there.”

He added that if there are issues in Vulcan Park the town council will look to tackle them.