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
Claiming The Stage by Layla Blackwell The room is full of unseen voices as the performer takes her place on the stage. The noise of the crowd raises in excitement. They speak of the possibilities of the show and judge her appearance. Everyone has their opinions, they always do. Now the performer can Clydesider Editor • Issue 25
Concert Extraordinaire Concert Extraordinaire Review by Mary Irvine Professional, passionate, magical. Two Ukrainian musicians played an eclectic mix of classical, jazz and traditional music to an appreciative audience of around 100. Say ‘accordion’ to most people and it will conjure up the piano-accordion so beloved by street musicians in many countries throughout Europe. Not Clydesider • Community
