A GLASGOW college has joined in Scotland’s first ever national public art trail.

Glasgow Clyde College is taking part in the Oor Wullie Big Bucket Trail and has gifted its Oor Wullie statue to ACRE Community Hall in Maryhill.

The statue will be designed by college art student Taylor McTaggart, a former patient of Glasgow Children’s Hospital, one of the charities benefitting from funds being raised by the trail.

The final look of the college’s statue won’t be unveiled until it takes pride of place just off Byres Road this summer.

As part of the campaign, sculpture sponsors are given a smaller version of Scotland’s favourite comic son, which can be donated to a local school.

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However, Glasgow Clyde College has broken the mould and gifted its statue to the community hall.

Jon Vincent, Principal of Glasgow Clyde College said “We are so pleased to be taking part in the Oor Wullie Big Bucket Trail and looking forward to unveiling the statue in the summer.

“We have worked with ACRE Community Hall for a number of years through our community learning and development work and knew it was the perfect beneficiary.

“We hope that the children and adults who depend on the hall will enjoy designing and decorating it, and it will be a “braw day oot” for those who wish to view their community artwork.

“We hope this will help raise the profile of the good work of the hall and its volunteers as well as supporting the other wonderful charities benefitting from the project.”

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The Oor Wullie Big Bucket Trail runs from June 17 to August 30 and takes place across five cities throughout Scotland.

An app will show the location of all 200 statues across the country before a series of farewell events and nationwide auctions is held in each of the five host cities; Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.

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Funds raised through the trail will support Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, and the ARCHIE Foundation, helping children in hospitals across the country