Journeys Through A Foreign Language By Working4Uʼs ESOL Learners Photos by Kayleigh Hirst The Working4U Adult Learning and Literacies Team offers a range of courses for adults to develop confidence, personal skills and gain qualifications. One of their programmes is English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), which aims to help people who are new Clydesider Editor • Education
group all standing in a line behind a bio diversity sign Hidden Heritage Spotlight: Havoc Meadows Words by Kayleigh Hirst Photos courtesy of Friends of Havoc Meadows If you say the word ʻheritageʼ, most people might think of a building or a famous person, perhaps even folk tales and traditions. But thereʼs another aspect of our collective heritage thatʼs just as important. Heritage can be defined Clydesider Editor • Heritage
OKFP - Your Community Needs You! Sponsored Editorial A local charity is looking for some expert volunteers to help the organisation as it grows and develops. Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels (OKFP) celebrated its fifth anniversary this year. It has grown from a grassroots initiative to help residents access food and prescriptions during the pandemic to a Clydesider Editor • Issue 33
From Homeless to Hopeful By Laura Giannini Photo courtesy of Blue Triangle Did you know that Blue Triangle is 50 years old? What is Blue Triangle? If you have to ask, you may consider yourself fortunate; it means you have probably never been homeless, because Blue Triangle is a national provider of shelter to Clydesider Editor • Community
Costumes, Castles and Community Words & Photos by Kevin Monaghan In what can only be described as a glorious mash-up of creativity, cosplay and historical geekery, the Dumbarton Castle Society joined forces with Bellsmyre Digital and a whole bunch of enthusiastic volunteers to transport Primary and S1 pupils back to medieval Scotland. The event, Clydesider Editor • Education
Teenage Fundraiser Words by Suhaila Ahmed Photos by Kellyanne Devenney Clydebank teenager Courtney Devenney is on a fundraising mission in memory of her father Joseph, who sadly passed away in 2019 after a brave battle with oesophageal cancer. Since then, Courtney, now 14, takes on a new challenge every year to honour Clydesider Editor • Fundraising
