Alexandria youngster who eats floor and wall coverings to get dream bedroom after firm steps in

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A little Vale boy is going to have his dream bedroom after a big-hearted company stepped in to end the family’s two-year council battle to make it safe.Five-year-old Barry McLaughlin has Pica, a rare condition which causes him to chew wall and floor coverings, and has been waiting on West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership to carry out vital adaptations.We reported three weeks ago how mum Caitlyn is in constant fear of him hurting himself and has been fighting for work to be carried out.A roll of lino, supplied by WDHSCP, has been lying in her hall since last summer, with the walls and floor still bare and electrics yet to be completed.But she was left overwhelmed when Impact Group UK, based in London, got in touch offering to transform Barry’s bedroom at their own cost.The firm had previously supplied a quote for the work over a year ago, which Caitlyn says she passed onto the council but nothing came of it.Commercial director James Cooke read our story online and reached out to Caitlyn pledging to safely kit out the space, including an ocean-themed feature wall and built-in TV.Caitlyn said: “This means so much to us.

After the story was in the Lennox I thought it would maybe give the council a push but I never thought for a minute that a company would reach out.“Somebody had tagged James in the story and he sent me a message on Facebook.“He said ‘If you don’t mind we would like to come out and get Barry’s room as safe as possible.

You won’t need to worry any more. We’re going to make it safe and fun for him’.“I couldn’t believe it. I was in floods of tears.

I thought it was such a nice thing to do.“They did a quote over the year ago which I showed the council but they said it was too expensive.