This project, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, provides an introduction to contemporary Dundee, North East Fife and Perth and Kinross for children whose imagination and interest has been stimulated by river trips provided by the Time for Life! project. Direct referrals to the project are also welcome and will involve at least one river trip.

They will, for example, visit the port from the seaward side, viewing at close quarters the massive 17,000 tonne jackup rigs and ships carrying various cargoes from the Baltic and further afield. They can view the magnificent architecture of the V & A Dundee from metres away on the water, and see – literally from underneath – how the Tay’s two major bridges were constructed.

They will then be taken to the sites on land and given informative tours which will show them aspects of the features the public never sees or hears about.

Improving Lives gives young people a whole new perspective on their local area as it is today and how the river has helped to shape it.

Email lynn.cunningham@taymara.org