dji_fly_20240618_094026_186_1718701611047_photo_optimized (1) New Kid in the Gardening Block Words & Photos by Harvey Smart Dillichip Community Garden is one of the latest growing spaces to pop up in West Dunbartonshire, opening last spring with support from the council and West Dunbartonshire Greenspace. Iain McPhie, who sits on the local community council was approached to head up the project. Clydesider Editor • Community
STEPHEN-3 Some Heroes Wear Lab Coats By Emily Fraser Not all environmental activists stand on a protest line – some of them stand in front of a school class. Vale of Leven Academy hero Stephen Halkett mixes all his favourite elements for his latest experiment, a kids’ comedy show on fighting climate change. In ‘Save The Planet’ Clydesider Editor • Education
_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
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
Local Unsung Heroes to be Celebrated in New Heritage Project Clydesider Creative CIC, is excited to share our good news to kickstart the year. We have been awarded a multi-year grant of £138,954 by The National Heritage Lottery Fund for our multi-media project ‘In Peace & Revolution.’ We will use the funding to record and celebrate stories of local Clydesider Editor • Clydesider News
