{"id":53,"date":"2008-05-07T12:42:39","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T12:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2008-05-07T12:42:39","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T12:42:39","slug":"weasel-words-enterprise-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/05\/07\/weasel-words-enterprise-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Weasel Words – enterprise and community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weasel words are tricky.<\/p>\n

We all think we know what they mean – but in fact their meanings are fluid. While two people may think they are talking about the same thing – often they are not. This is just one of the reasons why trying to make progress on ‘engaging communities in enterprise’ is so tricky. There’s another weasel word- ‘engaging’!<\/p>\n

Perhaps one place to start is by collecting the ‘labels’ that people use to describe various ‘communities’ that they wish to engage in enterprise. In no particular order – and garnered from a number of policy\/strategy type documents on the subject here we go:<\/p>\n

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  1. women<\/li>\n
  2. people with low educational attainment\/skills<\/li>\n
  3. people with disabilities<\/li>\n
  4. single parents<\/li>\n
  5. recent immigrants<\/li>\n
  6. people living in neighbourhoods with high rates of worklessness<\/li>\n
  7. people living in neighbourhoods with low rates of enterprise<\/li>\n
  8. people who have been long term unemployed<\/li>\n
  9. black and minority ethnic (BME) groups<\/li>\n
  10. incapacity benefit claimants<\/li>\n
  11. ex-offenders<\/li>\n
  12. people at risk of offending<\/li>\n
  13. young people<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Feel free to add your own ‘communities of interest’ using the comments box.<\/p>\n