Doing good got some press late last year with Ian Hislop’s series of three programmes on the BBC and our government championing the actions of people to create the Big Society.
Well with New Year here and the ink barely dry on my resolutions it got me thinking about this subject.
Although being a do gooder has

So the 33 miners are out amid scenes of jubilation. This has been an amazing and patient rescue effort to release those who have been trapped 624m below ground since 5 August.
Rescue is a vivid and power experience. It illustrates the potential people to work together against the odds and is evidence of hope driving

We are in the throes of an election campaign in which the standing of politicians has never been so low. I was talking to a group of teenagers this week who cared about a number of political issues but had no time for the main parties. One suggested there was never a better time to vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party.

I heard recently that Leeds City Council is developing its Vision 2030 over the next few months. I did a Google search and discovered that there are 2030 visions being looked at in Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Kenya, Gateshead, Jamaica, Bahrain, Dublin and in the New Covenant church in London! So something is afoot.