Friday, 12 December 2008

Yesterday, I asked why the statutory sector didn’t engage with the voluntary sector’s agenda. But of course in Watford, the borough council do make a great effort to learn and address our concerns. This morning I talked with Leslie Palumbo and Emma Gadsby about exactly this: how to make sure that all groups and all communities have a clear route for communicating with the One Watford LSP, and how to co-ordinate the delivery of the local target to create “a well informed community where everyone can contribute”.

I spent more time talking to people about the Herts BME partnership, which seems to be stabilising a little.

The greetings card industry uses mass-produced sentimentality to assuage people’s social insecurities and underline that common people are incapable of expressing their own sentiments. I dislike sending out greetings cards. But today we mailed out a few from WCVS and were also very pleased to put on a display produced by children at Watford Central Primary School.