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Last week we were honoured to be invited along to attend the ‘Our Voices, Our Stories’ event at Clydebank Town Hall in Clydebank as part of Challenge Poverty Week. This event was created and hosted by West Dunbartonshire Citizens Advice Bureau in partnership with St Peter the Apostle High School pupils who led thoughtful workshops tackling poverty and stigma. We were absolutely blown away by the young people’s awareness of the need for thoughtfulness and compassion and how th

At the weekend we attended Oktoberfest in Clydebank. This event was organised by Councillor Sophie Traynor in partnership with the Parkhall, North Kilbowie & Central Community Council and YSort It with the aim of creating an afternoon of free activities for local children and families to enjoy. It was a really wholesome way to spend an autumn Saturday and was a great success! Thanks to everyone who stopped to chat with us at our stall and find out what we do and the many ways

Thanks to West College Scotland  for having us along to their Partnership Event yesterday. It was great to chat with all the students and staff and let them know what we do and how we can support them.

Yesterday we were back out on the barge thanks to Seagull Trust Cruises Kirkintilloch    What a great day everyone had! Another huge thank you to the Seagull Trust for having us along and giving everyone a day to remember.

Last week we took our Sight Loss Group out for an afternoon on the water courtesy of Seagull Trust Cruises Kirkintilloch . We had an...

Yesterday we spent the morning at the Working4U Job Fair at Clydebank Town Hall where we got to chat to lots of people about the role of a Personal Assistant and the vacancies we have live at the moment. We were joined on our stall by the lovely Margaret from the HSCP SDS department too so we could offer insight in to both sides of the SDS process to the personal assistants of the future! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stall to have a chat, filled in interest forms

A big thank you to MSP Marie McNair for taking the time to come along and get a chat about Improving Lives and the services we offer. She...

Making sports accessible to everyone is something that we have been passionate about since the day we were founded. One of our proudest...

We were able to treat the ladies from Maggie's Yarn Buddies Knit and Natter group to a summer day out to Troon this week and they had a...

Over the summer we partnered with Patchwork Ponies to put on a programme of pony therapy sessions. Interacting with animals can reduce...

Yesterday our staff and volunteers took part in an afternoon of HeartStart training. This training involves learning basic emergency life...

Allotment Week continues and yesterday we had an extra special visitor to our Sensory Garden! Our garden mascot Pip loved welcoming...

Art has the power to quiet the mind, reduce stress, improve our mood and boost self esteem - and our Art for Anxiety group does that...

Our men's fishing group were invited along to the Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve today for a guided tour and to help out a...

Our latest Personal Assistant jobs are live on our website at https://www.improvinglives.co.uk/pajobs and also on the My Job Scotland...

We had another amazing Tour de Millport at the weekend! Every year our staff, volunteers and supporters head to the Isle of Cumbrae to...

We had a great time at our Over 50’s Daytime Disco last week! If you’d like to join us for the next one then come along to Singer Bowling...

Maggie’s Yarn Buddies knit and natter group have struck again! Their latest postbox topper is a wonderful new summer themed masterpiece....

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Personal Assistant Day at Dalmuir CE Centre today. Our SDS team enjoyed meeting everyone and...

Our men’s fishing group enjoyed a beautiful day at Loch Lomond at the weekend. These trips to Loch Lomond are made possible thanks to the...