Comments on: Big Society

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:50:47 +0000

Plubby – I do understand about the vulnerable (and I don’t mind getting a criminal records check for that sort of work) but I really don’t think I need to provide references or timesheets to go and plant trees.

Don’t suppose your charity needs any volunteers in SW scotland? I appear to have a spare day a week going…

By: plubby

plubby — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:05:04 +0000

I work for a charity that gets disadvantaged people of all ages into work, training or education. We use volunteer mentors and the like in some of our projects. Believe me, we’d cut the paperwork and red tape if we could – but these days it’s all about safeguarding – both vulerable adults and data.

Sheesh.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:21:44 +0000

RTC – flying chicken was merely full of the joys of (imminent) spring and making its way post-haste to a very spiffy looking cockerel.
Yorks – well some of the footy is in Glasgow, but oddly enough we’ve nothing here.
WOL – indeed. Haven’t seen Brazil since I was a teenager but I expect it’s left its warped fingerprints on my imagination

By: WOL

WOL — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:38:31 +0000

Bureaucracy (besides being the devil to spell) is the bane of our existance. Always has been, always will be. See: film “Brazil” by Terry Gilliam.

By: yorksdevil

yorksdevil — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:28:27 +0000

Have you considered volunteering to be the local council’s Olympic Liaison Officer? What do you mean Scottish councils don’t have those?

By: Ragged Thread Cartographer

Ragged Thread Cartographer — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:41:56 +0000

Unless it’s being chased by a dog etc of course.

By: Ragged Thread Cartographer

Ragged Thread Cartographer — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:41:25 +0000

Three cheers for volunteers! Have always said this country’s wheels wouldn’t turn without them. Do worry that the BS (haha) is simply more top-down authoritarian You Will Comply stuff, a nice tablecloth thrown over a dirty table. The bit about the councillor sums it up perfectly. And there is nothing, but nothing, quite as happy as a flying chicken. xx

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:15:46 +0000

Well exactly. I did, but I worked flexi time so every 2 weeks it meant I got a day off.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:09:56 +0000

I don’t even fill in timesheets for my paid job :S

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:57:45 +0000

Which is a great way to make volunteers feel valued about the worth of the actual work they do…