20220806_123156 Helping Hands Words & photos by Angela Clark Life can sometimes feel filled with tragedy. So it takes a special kind of person to build something positive from the tragic loss of two young lives. It was the untimely death of Arthur, a homeless man in Glasgow, which started Melody Whitley from Clydesider Editor • Community
Personal Experience CLAIM WHAT’S YOURS – Seeking Support Leanne shares her Universal Credit journey with Angela Clark “I would advise anyone who is applying for Universal Credit to get a welfare rights advisor, it is a gruelling process even with that support.” Peer support worker Leanne is used to helping others deal with life challenges faced by people Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
WASTE OPPORTUNITIES Waste Opportunities By Angela Clark Recycling has become a big part of everyday life. We are more aware of the harm discarded rubbish causes to the environment, our well-being and wildlife. People are always looking for ways to help the battle against pollution. Sometimes it takes just one idea to set the Clydesider Editor • Community
Header Claim What's Yours Campaign By Amanda Eleftheriades, Editor Every year billions of pounds of benefits which should be helping people on the lowest incomes, goes unclaimed. In 2020 the online benefits calculator service, entitledto, estimated a staggering +£15billion a year was not being claimed. This included nearly £2.5million of child tax credits, over Clydesider • Benefits Campaign
DSC03380 Community in Control by Angela Clark & Photo by Harvey Smart It is time for change and that's what's happening in Alexandria as residents and traders set up their first Community Council in 25 years to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to making choices about Clydesider Editor • Community
Pg 14 IMG_1945 Raising OI Awareness by Steven Hastings “I have Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), also known as Brittle Bones. I have received support over the years from the Brittle Bone Society who recently launched their OICAN May Campaign to make May official ‘OI Awareness Month.’ The Brittle Bone Society is based in Dundee and was started Clydesider Editor • Issue 20
