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Originally Posted by cashman
the comment was a cynical tongue in cheek remedi, after reading your comment i would be interested to know how many of these people YOU employ? seems to me society has gone down the pan today due to doogooders wearing tinted glasses.
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Always loved the term do-gooder- as a professional 'do gooder' myself I am quite proud of the title. At what point in history did doing good actually become a negative thing. Doesnt seem to make a lot of sense to me- if everyone in this country got up tommorrow morning and said 'do you know what I am actually do some good today'- that would be pretty cool to my way of thinking.
To answer your question ia m the Director of a charity woking with youth and adult offenders and the victims of their behaviour. I currently employ 35 staff with the further support of 40 volunteers. 6 of our staff team are ex-offenders (4 of whom had extensive drug and alcohol issues in the past) 12 of the staff team are ex- victims of crime. Our volunteer pool has 13 workers who are ex drug users. Hope this answers your question.
I particularly like your use of the term 'these people'- what do you mean, British citizens? or has the fact that they have problems make them lesser beings than your good self.