57313cb3a2ed85aa1ac22b20157333f5 Working 4 U: Sponsored Editorial Working4U is a service which supports West Dunbartonshire residents seeking employment opportunities, provides assistance with benefits and debt issues, helps to access learning, gain qualifications and improve digital literacy. Our Aim: “To support customers and communities to improve their skills, learning and financial situations, assisting them on their journey into Clydesider Editor • Issue 26
Why Mentors Matter Jamie MacLean explains how life experiences led him to set up Mentor Scotland. Photos by Chris McCaughey & courtesy of Mentor Scotland. Like many people in Scotland, I was brought up with little and life was chaotic. I was brought up an only child by a single mum, she done Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
Warm spaces 3 Warm Spaces in WD With temperatures barely creeping above zero over the next couple of days and nights we thought it would be a good time to reshare our list of Warm Spaces and community Emergency Food Aid support in West Dunbartonshire. Warm Spaces in WD * Kilbowie St Andrews Parish Church - Warm space Clydesider
Photography Tips & Tricks: Water by Harvey Smart For this issue’s photo competition, I’ve decided to pick the theme Water. You might think water is boring, but it actually offers a lot of creative possibilities for photography. There also seems to have been quite an abundance of it lately! Here are some tips Clydesider Editor • Issue 26
Rails and Long Tales Words & Photos by Layla Blackwell As the flashes of passing colour fade quickly into and then from view, I reflect on my journey. Adventuring is not something I usually get to do in my life and as the train shudders along the rails, I am content. There is peace Clydesider Editor • Accessibility
Christmas Greery (1) Christmas Greenery Many people like to decorate their houses at Christmas with real plants such as holly, ivy and mistletoe. Although there are songs and carols linking these plants with Christianity, they were originally used long before Christian times in the celebration of the winter solstice, a looking forward to the new Clydesider Editor • Christmas
