Creating Stories Words & Photos by Caroline Finn Creativity is a great way to share stories and ideas. And over the next two years Clydesider is offering free creative storytelling sessions to local community groups. This spring we teamed up with 13 participants from Neighbourhood Networks in Dumbarton and Clydebank. Together we Clydesider Editor • Creative
Nature In Crisis, How Can We Help? Words and Photos by James Duncan Nature is declining at an unprecedented speed. Whenever I speak to naturalists of my own generation, an almost universal pessimism about the future prevails. They see all too clearly just how much wildlife we have lost in the past few decades. In my local Clydesider Editor • Environment
Pictures of Our Past Words by Steven Hastings Photos by Chris McCaughey & by project participants They say a picture paints a thousand words, it can also tell you about the past. I am a member of Stepping Stones, a mental health charity for West Dunbartonshire. Earlier this year we were invited to take Clydesider Editor • Heritage
Bankie-Talk-web Bankie Talk: A Personal Reflection By Pat Gibbons‘ daughter, Patricia Illustrations by his granddaughter Susan Laws Artwork Photos by Jim Stevens Every reporter longs for that dream assignment. This issue, Clydesider’s editor sent me on one of mine. My mission - to interview the team of volunteers at Bankie Talk, Clydebank’s talking newspaper Clydesider Editor • Issue 24
Value in Volunteering: Hugh the Baker By Jenny Watson The great banana bread trend during the lockdown of 2020 inspired many budding bakers, however, it was a pineapple upside-down cake that captured the curiosity of teenager Hugh Kelso. “Hugh was looking through one of my old recipe books from school one day, looking for something to Clydesider Editor • Community
Civic Reception Marks Charity’s Third Birthday: Sponsored Editorial Sponsored Editorial At the start of the pandemic an Old Kilpatrick couple looked for ways to help people struggling to get food and everyday essentials. With a large elderly population in the village, they knew many residents were scared to use supermarkets and public transport. So, Maureen and Gordon Cummings Clydesider Editor • Community
