THE mother of a two-year-old boy who broke his leg while playing in a children's activity centre claims he had little supervision and was offered no first aid by staff.

Mandy Thirwell, with two-year-old Luke, who broke his leg while playing in the Wacky Warehouse at Clifton Moor

Mandy Thirwell's son Luke, fell while climbing steps on soft play equipment.

Mandy, of The Garlands, Rawcliffe, York, said she was now consulting legal advisers after claiming there was too little supervision at the Wacky Warehouse - part of the Flying Legends pub at Clifton Moor. The company is investigating the accident.

Mrs Thirwell said: "It's not the fact that he broke his leg that has made me feel I need to take this further, but it's for the sake of the safety of the kids there.

"This has really knocked Luke back. He can't walk because he has a plaster cast on and he's too small to use crutches. I've had to put him back into nappies - it's like having a baby again."

Luke had been attending a two-year-old friend's birthday party at the centre.

Mrs Thirlwell said following the accident, none of the staff offered first aid or called an ambulance.

No accident book could be found to log the accident.

Mrs Thirwell said she took her son home in her car before deciding he needed to go to hospital.

"I am very upset about the way the whole thing was treated," she said.

"I am surprised and shocked by the lack of supervision and the way it was handled and that is why I feel I have to do something about it."

Melanie Richardson, deputy manager of the Wacky Warehouse, said the company's health and safety department was investigating the matter and they had been visited by an environmental health officer.

She did not wish to comment further at the moment.

A spokesman for the Flying Legends said: "We do have stringent health and safety procedures and our record is very good, but accidents do happen and, when they do, we investigate them thoroughly."

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