Loss of Community Spirit.

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

Do not despair people, community spirit is still out there, it just takes a little more looking for these days.

I'd like to echo Steve's comments here. This was shown to me very prominently just 9 weeks ago when my Dad lost his battle against cancer.
The neighbours surrounding my parents home, rallied strongly to give her and us support. Even neighbours at a distance were supportive. Mum and Dad lead quiet unobtrusive lives, taking others into account at all times and the payback for their strength and belief in curtesy and kindness has come back to my Mum and has helped her tremendously.
Everyone 'looks out' for my Mum, especially at times when they know that we can't be with her as we all work. It's a comfort having folk around her like this and a great help to us. So as Steve says, it's there,community spirit, it shows especially at a time like this and I think we're all capable of it and not thinking the worst of everyone.

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

I'd like to echo Steve's comments here. This was shown to me very prominently just 9 weeks ago when my Dad lost his battle against cancer.
The neighbours surrounding my parents home, rallied strongly to give her and us support. Even neighbours at a distance were supportive. Mum and Dad lead quiet unobtrusive lives, taking others into account at all times and the payback for their strength and belief in curtesy and kindness has come back to my Mum and has helped her tremendously.
Everyone 'looks out' for my Mum, especially at times when they know that we can't be with her as we all work. It's a comfort having folk around her like this and a great help to us. So as Steve says, it's there,community spirit, it shows especially at a time like this and I think we're all capable of it and not thinking the worst of everyone.

Sorry to hear about your Dad, Wild-Woman.
It's touching to hear that people rallied round to help and I'm sure it meant a lot to you all.

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

Sorry to hear about your Dad, Wild-Woman.
It's touching to hear that people rallied round to help and I'm sure it meant a lot to you all.

It certainly did and I should add that I had support going on in the background from certain folk from WAB, who knew what was happening and when he passed away. I won't embarrass them by saying who they were but one particular lady really helped me through some dark hours.
So what I'm trying to say is that community spirit exists here on WAB very strongly- and it helped.

[Fourwings]

So sorry to hear about your dad Jules.
As you say when folk are in need it seems that quite often there is still a large willingness amid others in the community to help and support them.

Since becoming a Police Community Support Officer I have learnt a vast amount about how various communities interact and work together and as I stated earlier community spirit is still very much alive, its just that the way in which it shows itself has changed.
In todays modern fast-paced society alot of people simply do not seem to have time to make the effort to get to know everyone around them, but that does not necessarily mean they dont care.
In most cases when the chips are down and something happens within a community, people will still pull together to help if they can.

Steve.

[tufftie]

That's a good chunk of the problem though - the fact that people are caught in the material world trap (whether through choice or necessity) and they don't have the time, not just for others but for themselves too. i think this is a quote from one of John Lane's books but we are all functioning at machine pace and not at the slower human pace and this can't really be healthy on any level, can it?

Though I understand what you are saying and I realise there's still community spirit in some areas - and very much so in St Just, Cornwall where I spent many years; and I imagine lots of other (non transient?) areas too.