Money Saving Resources

As fuel, food and bills continue to rise there is also a growing number of cashback and money saving opportunities.

Our team put together a list of in-person and virtual places to source cheap or free food, clothes, household items and much more.

In-person

The Recycle Room - 137 Onslow Rd, Clydebank G81 2PW - recycles unwanted clothes, toys, household items
Isaro Community Initiative - Centre 81, 2/16 Braes Avenue, G81 1DP - energy-saving information & advice, recycle & reuse workshops
Help 4 the Homeless Shop - Fleming Avenue, Clydebank - FREE shop recycling pre-loved clothes, shoes and household items. Open Mondays, Wednesday & Saturday 10.30am - 5pm
School Uniform & Baby Banks - Food for Thought & West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare provide a range of pre-loved school and baby clothes and equipment
West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare - provide food, toiletries, household & baby items and pet food to anyone in WD who has no money/food. Delivers direct to the home the following day, Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm 01389 764135 and Freephone 0800 345 7050
The Company Shop - Unit 12, Renfrew Trading Estate, Argyll Avenue, PA4 9EN - sells heavily discounted surplus food and household items for members. Eligibility – charity employees, NHS, emergency services, people in receipt of means-tested benefits, support services, prison workers, armed forces & FMCG manufacturing & logistics. Sign up for free membership at https://www.companyshopgroup.co.uk/profile/freemembership

Online

We Care We Share Faifley/Clydebank Facebook - free exchange Facebook group for Clydebank area
Things for FREE/ For Sale in Dumbarton, Helensburgh and surrounding areas - Facebook group
Approved Food - online discount shop selling food and drinks past or close to best before dates
Freecycle & Freegle - free online recycling communities

Apps

Too Good to Go - supermarkets, coffee shops and more sell unsold food at knock-down prices
Olio - a sharing app for communities to give away, lend or sell pre-loved items locally
FreePrints - print up to 500 6x4 photos a year FREE
Top Cash - Get cash back every time you shop through this app with over 4,000 major retailers

Utility Support

Warm Home Discount - one-off annual payment of £150 towards electricity bills for customers on low incomes and/or in receipt of certain benefits. Check your utility company website or contact them to find out how and when to apply
Priority Services Register - most utility companies and Scottish Water provide additional support and prioritise people with a disability/long-term health condition or other support needs if supplies are disrupted. Visit their websites to register.

Below is a list of local West Dunbartonshire Community Hubs, pantries, and warm spaces.

Warm Spaces

Clydebank

Kilbowie St Andrews Parish Church - Warm space starts October, Wednesdays 10am - 2pm. Free food/soup/sandwiches /hot drinks.

The Salvation Army - Wed & Thurs 11am - 1.30pm. Warm space and cafe (donation only). Also offers an Employment Plus service.

Dalmuir

Dalmuir Barclay Church – Drop-in Tots - Teens on Weds 10am - 12; Cafe & Community Pantry and Craft Group Thursdays 6.30pm - 8pm & Drop-in Café & Community Pantry on Fridays 11am - 2pm

Improving Lives (previously known as The Big Disability Group) - open 9am - 5pm Mon to Thurs and 9am - 3pm on a Friday. Community space offering free tea, biscuits plus advisors available.

Old Kilpatrick

OKFP Chatty Cafe - serving food, tea/coffee and place for a blether from 12 - 4pm Mon to Fri.

OKFP Community Food Pantry - open for emergency food Tues, Wed & Thurs 12 - 4pm.

Dumbarton

Food for Thought - free lunch in St Augustine’s Church Hall, Wednesdays 11.30am - 2pm.

Myre Community Hub - free breakfast in St Peter’s Chapel House, Howatshaws Road, Bellsmyre, Tues & Fri 8.45am - 10am.

Soup Club - St Augustine’s Church Hall Fridays 11.30am - 2pm & St Patrick’s Church Hall, lunches every Mon 11am - 2pm.

Phoenix Community Cafe - Weds & Thurs 12 - 2pm; breakfast Tues 8am - 10.30am - now donation based.

Soup Spot - Lennox Evangelical Church 12 - 1.30pm every Tuesday.

Tullochan Community Social Hub - Tuesdays 10.30am - 12 Board games, TV and Wifi, free soup, tea, coffee and snacks. Open to everyone. 9-11 Poplar Road, Dumbarton.