VULNERABLE residents living in Clydebank will benefit from a dinner dance event in the future thanks to Golden Friendships.

The charity has received a £10,000 cash boost from the National Lottery Community Fund and plan to hold the events for the elderly, disabled and anyone who suffers from loneliness.

A total of four dinner dances will take place with volunteers transporting people to and from the events.

Elsewhere in the area, the West Dunbartonshire Minority Ethnic Association received a grant of £7,970.

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This project will see minority groups local to West Dunbartonshire plan and participate in an evening of conversation, food and entertainment, with the aim of bringing people from different ethnic communities together.

And the Knightswood Community Association Wednesday Club will use their £1,250 cash boost to deliver two day trips for older people in the Knightswood area.