I started today with a meeting at the Herts Community Foundation to discuss plans to re-launch the Herts Infrastructure Consortium as a general alliance of Herts voluntary groups. I made it back to the office for a few meetings with individual members of staff. In the evening I went to The Muse at Watford Grammar School for Boys for a concert by Watford’s One Voice Community Choir together with the CAN Music Academy. This was well-attended and a good performances as part of the Watford LIVE festival.
Mayor Dorothy Thornhill was in the audience and at the end of the concert, she was invited to “say a few words”. She spoke only for a few minutes, but as a skilled and accomplished public speaker she was able to perfectly summ up the performances and ensure that everyone felt good about having attended the event. It was all so natural and effortless. It is easy to be cynical of course, but these small (and free to the public purse) “interventions” from elected representatives can play a significant part in building a sense of community.
