https://clydesider.org/2021/06/01/carers-week-2021/ Make Caring Visible & Valued Sponsored Editorial Carers Week 2021 focuses on making caring visible and valued. There are thousands of unpaid carers in West Dunbartonshire providing essential care and support. It is likely you know someone supporting a family member, friend, or neighbour who lives with a disability, addiction, illness or who are frail Clydesider • Community
Clydebank Can Sponsored Editorial Clydebank Can is a Community Links Scotland project, funded for two years by the Scottish Government’s Investing in Communities Fund. This new project aims to bring people together to create a more vibrant and socially and economically active Clydebank town centre. We believe that small scale community-led Clydesider Editor • Issue 15
Still Taking Steps In The Right Direction Sponsored Editorial Since the inception of Stepping Stones by a group of concerned local people in 1990 in a local manse in Clydebank, the charity has grown over the years to be a mainstay of mental health support for the local population across West Dunbartonshire. Stepping Stones employs 11 staff Clydesider Editor • Issue 15
The Place For Every Carer To Turn SPONSORED EDITORIAL Are you looking after someone? Who looks after you? Carers of West Dunbartonshire is here to help. Carers of West Dunbartonshire is an independent, voluntary organisation dedicated to supporting unpaid carers in West Dunbartonshire. We provide support to carers via: If you are looking after someone and you Clydesider Editor • Community
The Big Disability Group: Tackling Isolation and Loneliness Since 2017 Sponsored Editorial The organisation which made accessing information, advice, activities and support for all disabilities and age groups a priority in Clydebank and West Dunbartonshire. WE DON’T WANT ANYONE TO BE ISOLATED AND ALONE For anyone with a disability or long term condition, family members or carers if you Clydesider Editor • Community
Golden Friendships - Our Story Sponsored Editorial Golden Friendships charity started with the aim to set up a karaoke group for our friends in the community with additional needs. Creating a safe and friendly environment was of utmost importance, it was the minimum our friends deserved. The first day my mother Agnes McLaren sat with Clydesider Editor • Community