Social Benefits Wishlist

We support local young people aged 12-26 who are affected by parental alcohol or drug use.
For the past 7 years we have been hiring venues to see young people or taking them for drives in our car. We are very lucky to have secured amazing premises where we are creating a safe hub for the 96 young people we work with in West Dunbartonshire. Young people will be able to come along and receive breakfast, lunch and dinner with staff on hand to have a chat if they are worried about something at home. We have a games room where they can have fun with staff and their peers, a room for facilitated group activities, a one to one and large dinning room for eating.

The local community have been amazing donating beautiful furniture and games. It is looking inviting for young people to come in and feel at home.  If anyone would be able to help us fund, flooring & fitting for our hall and dinning room and blinds for our main group room and one to one room. We would be eternally grateful.

Westbridgend Tenants and Residents Association are asking for a flooring company to provide and fit new flooring in their community flat. The TRA supports the Westbridgend community by hosting a drop-in service for tenants and residents and a weekly 'Cuppa and Catch Up'. They support the wider community through the Clothing Bank they run from the flat. The TRA is solely run by volunteers who live in the community. The whole community flat will be repainted which the TRA will take on themselves but flooring is expensive and needs expertise with fitting etc. The Tra have got a couple of quotes and the work will cost around £1600.  They would be very appreciative of any help.

We would like donations to all us to provide swimming lessons, football team participation or other sports classes such as gymnastics etc to young children who are currently unable to attend these due to financial exclusion within the household. These families are facing financial strain to provide the basic needs of the child and these luxury out of school activities would provide great join to the children and families themselves.

Currently looking for donations to allow us to buy produce for the food pantry.

We are currently looking for balls, strips, kit, bibs, for our younger Academy team from 2020 to 2010. We are also looking for donations to help purchase new dug outs as the old ones have been there since 1953 and are no longer fit for purpose. The cost for these would be £12000 for two modern dug outs, even if these could be part funded that would be a major help to the club. We are also looking for a new flagpole for the ground as it's becoming a safety hazard and has been at the ground since 1983 and needs upgraded, cost is £1000.

Knowetop is a community horticulture and wildlife project on 15 acres of ground in Dumbarton. We offer weekly volunteering sessions, work with local schools and run a community events and activity programme, as well as providing locally grown fruit and vegetables to community members, and community cafes in the area.
We are looking for donations of goods and materials (or money to buy goods and materials) for the following;

• timber for building raised beds in our community growing space
• slabs/ sand for laying paths and hard standing for a shed in our community growing space
• compost for using on our no-dig beds in our market garden and for filling raised beds in the community growing space (material must be compliant with BS3882:2015 and BS8601:2013)
• metal benches for seating on the wider site
• water butts/ IBCs and guttering so we can harvest rainwater
• assistance with getting electricity and water connected to our portacabin
• microwave for our portacabin
• kitchen cabinets for our portacabin

Time For Tully is a registered Association who benefits the young people of Tullichewan and their families Our organisation is looking to increase sports and recreational equipment in the estate and give disadvantaged children the opportunity to take part in services and activities currently unavailable to them. 

Currently looking for donations for the following

• Easter Eggs for Easter 2025
• Coach Hire around Dec/Jan 2024/2025 for pantomime
• Sports related equipment

Donations of vouchers to support local community project.

Request for vouchers for local shops to supplement school uniform availability to vulnerable families and those presenting in crisis. This would include purchases of winter jackets/shoes etc.

Working4U, Child Poverty Team operate within the schools in the WDC area. They assist parents and guardians who find themselves on the edge of crisis, often financially, due to a wide range of circumstances. School clothing has a significant impact on household finances, thresholds for School Clothing Grants are low and often exclude those on low income. Families in crisis can often result in children having to stay with other relatives, or moving home at short notice reducing their access to school uniforms and in need of emergency clothing. Emergency clothing can range from basic uniform supplies including shoes, jackets, and appropriate PE clothing. A bank of vouchers for local shops would be a welcome addition to any package offered to parents during times of crisis.

We are developing a Community Garden as there is not currently anywhere in our village that engages the residents to meet and come together to enjoy an outdoor project. We plan on building raised beds which we will grow a selection of root vegetables to distribute in our foodbank as we only have tins and packets of food to give to families and we would like to be able to offer fresh produce. We also plan on having a reflection seating area for people to rest and relax while our volunteers are on hand for a chat or to offer support/advice if required. Essential food parcels and toiletries will also be available free of charge together with dog treats and poo bags. Currently looking for:

• 30sqm slabs
• Fencing and posts
• Kitchen units and worktop
• Folding tables and chairs for outdoor use
• Labour to lay slabs in community garden
• Community garden volunteers
• Groceries or vouchers for food for our foodbank

Takeaway containers and cups for our community cafe.

Match kit sponsorship or support in obtaining new training equipment, training kit, tracksuits, footballs and assistance to pay let fees and ongoing bills.

The people who will benefit this the most will be the group of 20 boys who train and play week in week out with Dumbarton United 2009. The kids are all currently 14/15years old and for some this is their only means of social interaction outside of school. It is also for some the only fitness activity they have.

With access to the benefits the boys will be able to reap the rewards of new kit and new training aids. In the current financial climate this will help elevate some of the hardship some parents in our group struggle with in accessing football. This kind benefit will also assist in keeping the monthly cost to parents to a minimum.

As a local community garden group we have really grown in numbers and do a lot of good work with local children and adults.  As a result of this we are looking for funding to obtain a bigger shed, large pots and a washing station. We would also be keen to get a portable toilet if possible.

Wish list for both Nairn Street and Shaftesbury Street Sheltered Complex would be:

• Purchase 6 electric wheelchair storage units.
• Funds to provide a fitness trainer 2 sessions a week for chair exercise classes.
• Funds to provide 6 social events indoors and outdoors in the wider community to include bus hires.
• Funds to replace kitchen utensils.
• Funds to decorate both common rooms.

Donations to Clifftop Projects would support transport for local young people in West Dunbartonshire to attend theatre and performance events across Scotland. It could also pay for a performance company to come to Dumbarton with a show. 

Currently looking for donations to replace our matting on the floor at the entrance of our church. Looking to replace it with a non-slip material and we would be very appreciative and grateful if there was a company who could help us out with the cost of replacing this.

Measurements for non slip matting.  244 x 184 cms

Provision of labour, money or materials to support local community projects.

Help needed for:

• Building a wooden fence around work area
• Painting wooden beds & pergolas
• Landscaping features (manual labour)
• Planting out (veg/trees/flowers)
• Grass cutting
• Weeding

Donations of household Cleaning wipes, toilet roll, hand sanitiser, plaster gloves, bin liners (small & large), gardening gloves (adult & kids), larger plant pots (40-60cm), garden trowels & forks, long handled steel weeding brush, work safety boots UK size 8&9, padlock & keys, copy paper & printer's ink for Epsom copier.

We are currently needing our shutter fixed but we are also looking to improve our toilet facilities at the club and could do with help for the following jobs:

• Wet Wall or similar product to be put up in girls/boys toilets
• New cubicle doors to be hung/painted
• Toilet seats/handles replaced

We also have a leak in our roof which has been repaired on a number of occasions but we are still getting water in – if anyone could look at that then it would be appreciated.

Finally, the gutters regularly fill with leaves/moss from the trees on the railway – so these need cleared a lot so any help with that would also be great.

Despite our name, Drumchapel Amateurs are a Clydebank based club.  We have our own grass park in Duntocher and we work  in partnership with Clydebank Community Sport Hub in Whitecrook where all our players train.   We have over 300 players and 60 volunteers and the club is growing all the time. We aim to keep costs at a minimum to allow us to inclusive to all.

We are always looking to refresh equipment due to high usage and new teams starting annually currently we are in need of:

Size 3 Balls
Size 5 Balls
Plastic Mannequins
Inflatable Mannequins
Replacement small sided goals

Despite our name, Drumchapel Amateurs are a Clydebank based club.  We have our own grass park in Duntocher and we work in partnership with Clydebank Community Sport Hub in Whitecrook where all our players train. We have over 300 players and 60 volunteers and the club is growing all the time. 

Last year we hosted an October Camp that was FREE for all participants our main focus was to tackle holiday hunger with lunch and snacks being provided every day.  In addition to this we had Scotland Association Mental Health (SAMH) in attendance to deliver workshops on mental health & wellbeing.  We also had workshops focusing on rail safety and also Food & Nutrition.  Each day we delivered important messages in order to tackle sectarianism. 

Men's Shed Clydebank is about helping all men at different stages of their lives by making available opportunities to join with other men in creating meaningful, enjoyable mutually agreed activities and projects along with the companionship and support of each other… in a 'SHED' environment. We currently have 120 registered members, and work with a number of other local community groups including local schools and nurseries. Cash donations are a great help to allow us to support other community groups and individuals. Material donations are welcome too as they help us to offset the costs of the construction we undertake on behalf of the community.

We run social walks in the area and we have become aware that not everyone has waterproof jackets suitable for walking. To prevent people's own jacket being soaked (and possibly there only one) we want to be able to offer a loan of a breathable waterproof jacket whilst out with us. The type of thing we are interested in would be: a mix of breathable waterproof jackets with hoods (small & medium and possibly a large.) We can have up to 10 on our walks so we would like to build up to that.

An iPhone 8 (refurbished is fine) so that our volunteer has a mobile phone when out on social walks (we would cover the sim card).

We support local young people aged 12-26 who are affected by parental alcohol or drug use.
Many of our young people don't get much for their birthday or Christmas so we endeavor to get them all a gift personal to them, this is becoming harder as the number of the young people we support is growing.
Money to buy each young person a birthday and Christmas present personal to them.
An emergency fund to buy items like school uniform item, phone charger etc.
We are always looking for a room for 1-2-1 support work, small group work or a base for our two members of staff . If any local businesses have a room we could use, we would be very grateful.

Donations of money / materials / labour to support local community projects

Request 1

Roughcasting repairs -  Materials & labour needed to complete task.

Request 2

We are an emergency foodbank currently feeding over 200 families per week in West Dunbartonshire who are both working and unemployed but equally struggling financially.

We wish for donations of food items, baby items, school uniform items and (at Christmas) donations of new toys for our projects - all donations are distributed to local people affected by poverty. We would also welcome monetary donations which would allow us to purchase items requested which we do not have in stock.