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
Gartocharn team pic Football Club Celebrations Words by Steven Hastings Photos courtesy of Gartocharn F.C Hip, Hip Hooray it’s Gartocharn Football Club’s 70th anniversary. The amateur team was started by a few local men in the village and after some friendlies they played their first official match on Saturday 30 April 1955. I Clydesider Editor • Heritage
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
IMG_0115 Changing Perspectives Words by Layla Blackwell & Photos by Caroline Finn Who you are is moulded by how you see the world and vice versa. That’s something that I've really come to understand this year. All my adult life I’ve been focused on what I thought I could Clydesider Editor • Accessibility
Use Yir Ain Tongue Mary Irvine in conversation with Ann MacKinnon Balloch poet Ann MacKinnon is a strong proponent of the Scots language firmly believing that people would benefit from learning this language. I sat down with Ann to hear more about her belief and see how her passion demonstrates the quiet but firm Clydesider Editor • Issue 31
A Pilgrimage to the End of the World Words by Laura Giannini Photos by Joseph Dalton Pilgrim, by Hydra Arts, is an innovative, even daring project. The brainchild of artistic director, Peter McMaster, it is a project with big heart and an even bigger scope: climate change. How do we show the effects humans are having on our, Clydesider Editor • Environment
