Trash to Treasure Eco-Warriors Words & Photos by Caroline Finn Armed with bin bags and litter pickers a group of young people with additional support needs are taking eco-action in their local community. And we were delighted to team up with them to help share their story. Unity, a charity and social enterprise based Clydesider Editor • Environment
Reader Recommends: "The Magic Scales" by Paul Murdoch by Mary Irvine Local author Paul Murdoch talks to Mary Irvine about how being asthmatic inspired his latest book. Living with asthma “At four years old I remember rolling down a grassy hill on a summer’s day. I tried to take a breath, but I couldn’t. "This Clydesider Editor • Issue 26
The Cost of Living - My Story. by Jenny Fulton When people talk about the cost of living they talk about fuel poverty and food poverty, but what does that actually mean to the average person? I am gonna give you all a little insight to my life in the middle of the cost-of-living crisis. I get Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Improving Lives - Sponsored Editorial Improving Lives are excited to announce that we are launching an independent advice and guidance service for Self Directed Support (SDS). Working together with the SDS team at West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (WDHSCP), and funded by Support in the Right Direction (SIRD) funding from Inspiring Scotland, Improving Clydesider Editor • Issue 26
Creativity & Friendship Words and Photos by Jenny Watson Pop into Dalmuir C.E Centre on a Wednesday morning and you will find a hive of creative activity as members of the Wee Scottish Art Group work on their latest artworks. Originally coming from different art groups locally and wider afield, the members, Clydesider Editor • Creative
WDBCS.LHC.2013.A776 Ivory Satin A Short Story by Leslie Hills (1996) My wedding dress. It’s on the top shelf of the cupboard in my bedroom underneath the blankets we discarded when the duvets came in. The box is grey with age and the tissue paper brown and scratchy. I lay it on the Clydesider Editor • Creative
