https://clydesider.org/2020/09/28/litter-pick-games/ Litter Pick Games Are you the Fastest Picker in the West? Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is challenging the people of West Dunbartonshire to get involved with their litter pick games throughout October. Have you got what it takes? If you think you're game enough then you can get involved through their Clydesider • Community
https://clydesider.org/2020/08/05/pick-play-picnic/ Pick, Play, Picnic By Angela Clark Local youth charity, Y Sort It has been out and about hosting Pick, Play and Picnic events across West Dunbartonshire this summer. The sessions aim to encourage children to get back outdoors whilst looking after their environment. In Radnor Park adults and children helped clear away rubbish Clydesider • Community
Havoc Meadows Friends with Nature Words and Photo by Zoe Weir Friends of Havoc Meadows have been working hard to record and conserve the high biodiversity at Havoc meadow in Dumbarton. Zoe Weir founder of Friends of Havoc and nearby Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore reports on how the two groups have been operating during lockdown. Clydesider Editor • Community
Seeds of Hope Seeds of Hope were dispatched in little paper envelopes to communities across Scotland – including West Dunbartonshire. The heart-warming Seeds of Hope idea stemmed from a woman looking for ways to stay connected with her elderly father, hundreds of miles away in London. Serena explained: “I was looking for something to Clydesider Editor • Community
Tam's Top Tips Words by Tam Hall Photos by Katie Kennedy As we are now a good bit into this lockdown most people have done just about everything that is possible to do in the garden (and the house), so why don't you try some container gardening? There are still places Clydesider Editor • Community
Agnes McGettigan Lockdown's Green-fingered Revolution Words by Amanda Eleftheriades-Sherry Photos by Angela Clark and Action Old Kilpatrick Agnes McGettigan from Dalmuir is one of many people across West Dunbartonshire who has discovered the simple pleasures of lockdown gardening. The 81-year-old has been shielding since March and decided to put her time to good use by Clydesider Editor • Community
