One of the enjoyable tasks I have as a councillor and the council’s spokesperson on health and social care is that I get to attend local events across West Dunbartonshire.

I see this as is an important way of keeping in contact with the needs and concerns of the community I am elected to serve and try and attend as many events as possible.

This week I will be in the town hall to speak at the launch of the West Dunbartonshire Learning Disability Team’s information day.

I will get to meet a wide section of service users, support providers, and carers.

As always, this event has been arranged to coincide with the National Disability Week and the theme is “community” - whoever we are and wherever in Scotland we live, we can all be part of a “community.”

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I will emphasise that communities are best when we include and support everyone.

I see that every day in Clydebank - an active community that is at its best when looking out for one another. This is one of the many things that makes me proud to be a Bankie and want to work hard to promote our towns needs and interests.

Like many of you I was proud to see Clydebank feature in the documentary The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank.

It was very interesting to see how Clydebank was at that time and hear the memories of many from our community.

It was a thriving and bustling town with thousands employed in Singers and Brown’s Shipyard.

It is important that we remember this past industrial heritage and also support those in our community who have been impacted by the unwanted legacy of these times - poor health associated with the working conditions and exposure to asbestos and other hazards.

I have the greatest respect for those in our community who do so much to promote our local history as we are so much richer for remembering our past.

It is important that our new development on the Waterfront honours our past but reflects a modern and confident Clydebank.

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