Former foster carers receive top award for charity work

The charity provides bags of home comforts to young people in care before they move into a new house

Two former foster carers who set up their own charity to help children in care feel at home have been crowned West Dunbartonshire’s Citizen of the Year.

The charity’s aim is that no young person arrives in a new setting without items of their own, allowing them to start the placement with some dignity and pride. Leighann added: “We’ve seen kids with next to nothing they could call their own, so we decided we could look into providing something for them to give them a wee bit of dignity when they are put in this situation.

Provost Douglas McAllister congratulated the pair and said they were “extremely deserving” of the title. Lottie Barker was named as Arts and Culture Champion for her work running community arts organisation Clifftop Projects to make the arts accessible to all with weekly art in the park sessions, an intergenerational dance company,trips, art holiday camps and an adult creative club aimed at improving mental health and reducing isolation.

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