Dally wrote:Damo - like your blog! In our experience, small charities run on shoestrings have been very helpful over the years. More recently we've come across larger ones which provide good information, etc. The ones that are truly, truly useless and downright scum though are the instruments of local government that are supposed to help - education, social services and more widely, sections of the NHS.
Thanks for the compliments!
I agree with all your comments with regards to the charity sector.
When I’ve done activism against certain organisations I’ve sometimes found myself disagreeing with some of my actions. For example I’m a tad ashamed that I tarred the National Autistic Society with Mencap. NAS are more of an information service whilst Mencap are a full on disability exploitation service. Ok NAS are associated with charities/organisations that I absolutely despise such as Remploy. But I do reckon when the times right NAS will publish information on people like myself who’ve had a bad service by this lot. The same happened when I tarred the Princes Trust with a4e.
But I’ve since built bridges with the Princes Trust and currently in negotiations with them to have a twenty minute slot on my podcast so they can talk about unemployment from an experts angle.
In all I’m excited about my possible career in the third sector but I’ve realised I must choose the right things to do and work with the right people for it to be fruitful. It’s all in my hands
