by Amanda Eleftheriades The past year has been difficult for most of us, being cut off from friends, family, colleagues and social spaces. As we faced a crisis of global proportions the most vulnerable people in our communities again became those most at risk. Unable to … [Read more...] about Communities Coping with Covid
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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 … [Read more...] about Lockdown’s Green-fingered Revolution
Golden Moments
Words and Photos by Charlie Sherry “I hadn’t been out my room for 17 years.” For 28-year-old Stephen Coombe, life before Golden Friendships Club was a lonely and difficult place. Walking through the doors of the Dalmuir-based charity with, what he described as “not much … [Read more...] about Golden Moments
Poetic Justice
by Amanda Eleftheriades Photos courtesy of Stephen Watt Good writers find inspiration in the unlikeliest of places, but there can be few who have discovered their muse in a knife attack. Yet this is what happened to Dumbarton poet Stephen Watt, who used this traumatic … [Read more...] about Poetic Justice
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 … [Read more...] about Focus on Change WD