tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597629062109351664.post20306776654745346..comments2023-07-30T16:34:13.702+01:00Comments on The Eye of a Needle: Councilspeak is all very nice, but they do not speak for us!The Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597629062109351664.post-59203345313845890792010-02-21T20:43:25.569+00:002010-02-21T20:43:25.569+00:00Firstly, I hope you'll forgive the use of fair...Firstly, I hope you'll forgive the use of fairly ripe language in my response to your blog post - but this is completely and utterly the sort of bollocks I had to deal with many, many times over when I worked in Local Government. <br><br>I worked on an award winning pproject for a South Coast LA and in hugely impoverished areas we made people more aware of benefits, jobs, learning and skills opportunities and made several thousand people a lot better off - in more ways than one - than when the project started. It was all done with Govt 're-generation' monies and there was huge opportuniy to take it forward and also to roll out to other parts of the country - but the faceless gits who insist on calling people 'clients' had no balls to do so. <br><br>I can't remember the amount of meetings I went to with exceptionally high up members of councils, Employment and Tax managers, government dept heads who all talked a great talk but did stuff all to back it up. But my God - the amount of money that was spent on these conferences could have kept families in food for weeks. <br><br>I also remember being part of a team that monitored the amount of street homeless in our area - and I know damn well that statistics are meaningless - they only mean what the people in suits want them to mean!!! <br><br>So I wish you well with your soup runs and feeding the huge street homeless of Brighton - and don't you dare let the Bastards get you down........<br><br>LizLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13555494469629782198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597629062109351664.post-13580210357919082232010-02-22T00:17:51.970+00:002010-02-22T00:17:51.970+00:00Thanks for your comment. Encouraging to see that t...Thanks for your comment. Encouraging to see that things can be achieved!Laurence Englandnoreply@blogger.com