Welcome to WDwellbeing.info - Sponsored Editorial West Dunbartonshire Health & Social Care Partnership Welcome to WDwellbeing.info The website is a hub of information, support and guidance for children, young people, their families, and professionals who work with them to support wellbeing. Anyone looking for information can access the site. The site was a response by Clydesider Editor • Issue 31
Improving Lives Volunteers Chat with Kevin Crawford: The Man Behind the Charity - Sponsored Editorial From a laptop at his kitchen table to running one of West Dunbartonshire’s disability charities, Kevin Crawford has dedicated himself to ensuring no one faces the same struggles he did. As founder of Improving Lives, Kevin built a charity providing vital support to thousands of people with disabilities and Clydesider Editor • Issue 31
IMG_2345 Meet Our Volunteers: John & Steven Everyone here at Clydesider HQ fully believe Clydesider would not be what it is without its community and volunteers. So, this year we thought we would introduce you to the people behind the bylines. First up we have John and Steven who wanted to interview one another [note from Jenny: Clydesider Editor • Issue 31
DSC09497 Activists of Our Past By Florence Boyle Perhaps you know some of the streets in Whitecrook are named after former councillors. But what many don’t know is that Lappin Street is named after Clydebank’s first woman councillor. Isabella, “Bella” Lappin (1880 1961), is a case study in how quickly and completely women Clydesider Editor • Community Activist
Leven Litter Pickers by Laura Giannini No prizes for guessing what the Leven Litter Pickers do. They are an active and prolific group of volunteers, that first came together way-back in the spring of 2021. The core members, who are still active in the group, met in Alexandria in response to an article Clydesider Editor • Community Activist
Awards Ceremony for OKFP - Sponsored Editorial Volunteers from Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels charity were honoured at an Awards Ceremony in April after receiving the news from Buckingham Palace they were to receive the King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) - the charity equivalent of an MBE. The charity, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, Clydesider Editor • Issue 31
