IMG_4350 #MoreThanYouThink My Journey Through the Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award Words & Photos by Ben Pryde In April I humbly accepted my certificate of completion of the Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award at the Radisson Blu on Argyle Street. When sitting back down in my seat after receiving this Clydesider Editor • Community Activist
_DSC1277 A Call to Peace Words by Layla Blackwell Photos by Charlie Sherry I sat looking over the beauty of the gardens before me. Tulips of every colour stand watch from the borders of the flowerbeds. On such a sunny day, it’s difficult not to feel grateful. The inscription on the Statue of St Clydesider Editor • Community Activist
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
Save Loch Lomond Words by Amanda Eleftheriades Photos by Caroline Finn & courtesy of Save Loch Lomond A Renton bedroom was the unlikely launchpad for a campaign which reached the hearts of local residents, visitors from around the world, and even royalty. The controversial proposal from Yorkshire-based Flamingo Land operator to build a Clydesider Editor • Community Activist
