As part of Alrewas Radio, we experience the highs and lows of any community project, and while the satisfaction and accomplishment of what you end up with at the end is something that cannot be compared to with anything else, there are 2 main issues that you always find within these things.
The first is time. The point with community run voluntary projects is that people do them over and above what they would be doing on a day to day basis. This means that these projects are never anybody's first priority. Whilst it is great to get people involved, this does cause a lot of issues with actually getting stuff done. I mean I have been off school and doing basically nothing else with my life and I still haven't managed to get everything done that I wanted to!
This leads to another problem. When people don't have time to do stuff, they often don't have time to be in constant email contact either. This proves difficult when trying to get stuff done. You try and contact a person but they are busy doing other things, so you can't do that thing and everything ends up working it's way further and further down the job list.
Don't get me wrong though. I absolutely love getting involved with things. I like being busy, and I like helping people, I like making a difference. It is that which gives us the drive and determination to achieve something, whether it be a little radio on a boat or wether it be a massive jam packed arts fetsival across an entire 9 days, it is all worth it and good fun in the end. To see a whole community pull together to actually make a wonderful event is something which is so amazing to see, and is what I would say is the best in human nature.
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