tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post3798431053320058859..comments2023-11-05T07:37:16.244+00:00Comments on Notes from Inside My Head: What is the Big Society?Sparxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post-48394331889814305992011-06-05T21:31:50.886+01:002011-06-05T21:31:50.886+01:00Jaguarish - Sounds like an interesting company. M...Jaguarish - Sounds like an interesting company. Mentoring is a great thing if done right - to embed it into society in the way you suggest would be a major sea change - but I agree, worth it.Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post-75792924060982224732011-06-01T11:02:41.562+01:002011-06-01T11:02:41.562+01:00I've had to luck to recently join a company wi...I've had to luck to recently join a company with a genuine mentoring program including an inclusive environment where I have been informally mentored by almost everyone I've met so far (and it's only been ten weeks!) I've often thought that a government sponsored (or even required) buddy system would be a great way to start changing our societal behaviour, hopefully to the point where it became the ingrained way of treating others.jaguarishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905828147338931951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post-58666969619337329902011-05-14T22:30:47.087+01:002011-05-14T22:30:47.087+01:00Muddling - you're absolutely right - but if th...Muddling - you're absolutely right - but if that doesn't start when people are young, should the government step in? I just think it's going to backfire....Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post-27811821228740317092011-05-10T12:14:05.928+01:002011-05-10T12:14:05.928+01:00One of my problems with the whole concept of big s...One of my problems with the whole concept of big society is that for a lot of us it is going on already and will continue to but I don't see how politicians banging on about it is going to make a change and make some people less selfish and self obsessed - around us, a nice little middle class ghetto there are various groups that are crying out to volunteer, can they find helpers no, and it keeps falling on the same group of people to prop things up and I don't see that changing<br /><br />We need a societal shift so that people are made to feel that helping is the norm and that living outside ones own narrow family life is a good thingMuddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post-67564062858058663502011-04-25T10:15:15.361+01:002011-04-25T10:15:15.361+01:00Mum in Meltdown - you're quite right; most of ...Mum in Meltdown - you're quite right; most of us would prefer to think we can cope alone, but really nobody should be afraid to ask for help. Hopefully those who feel the world 'owes them' will grow up and realise the truth... thanks for commenting and dropping in!Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24354635.post-20283683002704980542011-04-24T22:48:13.512+01:002011-04-24T22:48:13.512+01:00What a great post. You are right it really could b...What a great post. You are right it really could be any of us in that position in the future. They are soo lucky that they have you to help but it's sad that age group feel as though they don't want to bother people and try to cope on their own and yet others of a much younger age have no scrouples and think the world owes them everything!mum in meltdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460316200342594004noreply@blogger.com