moments of freedom Recognition for Moments of Freedom A local community group led by Syrian women who fled their war-torn homeland in 2015, was runner-up in the Community Development category of the Ethnic Minority Impact Awards. The Clydebank-based Moments of Freedom group was recognised for their contribution to Scottish society at an awards ceremony in the Glasgow Crowne Clydesider • Community
tree for website Creative Cafe Crafty Christmas on a Budget Our Christmas themed Creative Cafe event is on Saturday the 7th of December from 11am - 3pm in Alexandria C.E. Centre, Main Street, G83 0NU. Our theme is ‘Crafty Christmas on a Budget’ our hope is that everyone will leave with at least one Clydesider • Clydesider News
Focus on Change WD By Jenny Watson Photos by Robert Wilson Tackling poverty is a community effort in West Dunbartonshire. Yet much of this work gets little publicity. Community groups, charities, social enterprises, faith-based organisations and (extra)ordinary folk are busy working away to challenge the problem. Last year we ran a series of Clydesider • Clydesider News
FFImage-1 A Big Night Oot for a Big Cause By Todd Sharkey A local mother and daughter put the fun into fundraising with their annual charity Big Night Oot last week. The Flutterby FUNdraisers returned to the Erskine Hotel decked in their finest clothes, to laugh, dance and raise money for medical research into a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Clydesider • Community