Come together right now...

A wonderful blog of a friend to wake to this morning -


http://matarikidimension.wordpress.com/


This article from Volunteering England illustrates that people can and do come together in times of crisis.



Something to celebrate…

Maybe this is the change which these riots will bring about ...people caring about each other and the places where they live...

People coming together ... after all that is also what those who are doing the rioting want .. a community that they feel part of ...someone to care about them ..and something to care about....

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The community response to the riots deserves to be celebrated

This morning thousands of people across the UK have come together to clean up their cities following three days of civil unrest.

Through word of mouth, social networking sites and local groups they have spontaneously taken to the streets in a demonstration of the resilience of our communities.

Volunteering England is privileged to work with individuals, communities and organisations that are tireless in their efforts to improve the lives of others.

Every day people pull together to tackle the problems that we face, but it’s perhaps only in times of crisis that it becomes clear just how committed we are to each other and the places we live in.

9 August 2011

http://www.volunteering.org.uk