Leaving Behind Ordinary A Photo Essay by Katie Kennedy Katie has been volunteering with Clydesider for nearly a year and become a valuable member of our team. She helps with everything from photography to distribution to transport, even collecting pine cones! We first crossed paths when she entered – and won – the photography competition Clydesider Editor • Creative
Fairy Glen words & photos by Caroline Finn. The Lusset Glen in Old Kilpatrick has come alive with Fairy Magic. It all began when a local family decided to add a door to the bottom of a tree to let the fairies come and go. Then another family created a little fairy Clydesider Editor • Community
Know Your Rights Providing advice and information on everything from benefits to housing is all part of a day’s work for the West Dunbartonshire Citizens Advice Bureau. But since lockdown kicked in they have found themselves with a whole new set of enquiries to deal with. “In the early days we had Clydesider Editor • Community
Gift of Life Words and Photos by Angela Clark “Sit with your daughter and say your goodbyes until she passes.” Those were the heartbreaking words uttered to the Boyle family from Clydebank as their daughter Jamie-lee lay in a coma fighting for her life. A week earlier Jamie-lee the hairdresser had been living Clydesider • Health & Wellness
Friendship is Golden Golden Moments Words and Photos by Charlie Sherry “I hadn’t been out my room for 17 years.” For 28-year-old Stephen Coombe, life before Golden Friendships Club was a lonely and difficult place. Walking through the doors of the Dalmuir-based charity with, what he described as “not much expectation and even less Clydesider Editor • Community
Blooming With Potential Words and Photos by Charlie Sherry If you ever have the good fortune to come across Clydebank man, Johnny Dale, the chances are he’ll be confidently sharing his extensive knowledge of horticulture in one of the community gardens around West Dunbartonshire or Glasgow where he regularly volunteers. Or perhaps Clydesider Editor • Issue 10
