Benefit Spotlight: Pension Credits Who is it for? For people over state pension age who are on a low income. Take up is extremely low with an estimated 123,000 households in Scotland not claiming their entitlement. The aim is to top up your weekly income to a weekly guaranteed minimum. It is separate Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Benefit Spotlight: Carers Benefits Who is it for? There are three different benefits/awards people in Scotland could be eligible for if they are caring for someone. * Carer’s Allowance – is available for someone with earnings (after NI and expenses) of £139 or less a week, who spends at least 35 hours a week Clydesider Editor • Issue 21
Information & Tips Check Your Council Tax Could you be paying too much Council Tax? There are lots of reasons why you might be entitled to a discount or even fully exempt from paying Council Tax. These include living alone, being a student, being disabled, being mentally impaired or in receipt of certain other benefits. Also if Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Follow Your Dream: Sponsored Editorial Sponsored Editorial A local charity helped a young girl with Cerebral Palsy follow her dream by believing in her when she didn’t believe in herself. Molly McCready always wanted to work in an office. However after leaving school she found it difficult to talk to people. She was anxious Clydesider Editor • Issue 25
https://clydesider.org/2023/09/05/accessible-places/ Accessible Places words by Steven Hastings & photos by Katie Kennedy Is Bowling Basin accessible for all? Katie and I recently visited Bowling, to find out. If you’re visiting by car there are a few parking spaces at the roadside and there is also an overspill car park. The overspill car Clydesider Editor • Accessibility
Therapeutic Writing by Angela Clark & photo by Caroline Finn A local writer has channelled the pain of a difficult childhood into her work and published eight books in just four years. Lisa Murray from Bonhill published her first book in 2019. Most of her writings are in poetry and detail personal Clydesider Editor • Creative
