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Friday, 20 January 2006
At Wednesday's Parks Committee a paper was presented about how volunteers could take part in Council activities. To most people this sounds like a perfectly good idea. If folk have an interest in plants and want to potter around a bit in the Botanic Gardens that is to everyone's benefit. Or a golfer might want to give a bit of free tuition. Or youngsters with an interest in animals might help in the children's farm or with horses. All of this sounds perfectly sensible as long as health and safety and other safeguards are in place.

However, some Labour councillors, especially Cllr John McKenzie, got very hot under the collar about it. Their logic seemed to be that if we can pay someone for a job that is much better than having a volunteer help out for free. Agreed, we do not want staff to lose their jobs because the Council is misusing volunteers. However, given the huge needs in this City, ranging from youth disorder to litter, we are not exactly about to run out of things for the paid staff to do! It seems that some Labour councillors are so tied to the idea of creating jobs for the boys that they have lost sight of the bigger picture.
 

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