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- 8. Roots in all cultures,
The great tree of humanity
Unfurling new leaves.
INTRODUCING
UNIVERSALITY
- 56. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
CHOICE & INVOLVEMENT
Is it generous
To give pork sausages
To hungry muslims?
- 57. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
COMPETENCE & ACCURACY
Will the food arrive
If the driver is lost and
Cannot read the map?
- 58. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
EFFECTIVE ACCESS
Is the open sign
Contradicted by a closed
Unwelcoming face?
- 59. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
EFFECTIVE REDRESS
Are you too busy
To answer questions? And too
Proud to delegate?
- 60. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
EMPATHY
When you meet can you
Feel the other heart beat, stand
In the other’s shoes?
- 61. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
EQUITY
Is it a question
Of how long the string is or
How long it needs to be?
- 62. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
INFORMATION
Do you stop to check
You are heard and understood
Or broadcast regardless?
- 63. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
RELIABILITY
Are your words really
Foundations for building
Or castles in the air?
- 64. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
REPRESENTATION
Do representatives
Tell you how it feels
On the receiving end?
- 65. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
RESPONSIVENESS
Is there a keyworker
To open the door
Of co-operation?
- 66. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
SECURITY & SAFETY
Can you be trusted?
Are vulnerable people
Quite safe in your hands?
- 67. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
TANGIBLE ISSUES
Is the reception
As comfortable as
The director’s office?
- 68. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
USER STATUS
Do you show respect?
Or do you look down on the
Person you’re helping?
- 69. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
PARTICIPATION
Did you think that you
Could make the jigsaw with half
The pieces missing?
- 70. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
ORCHESTRATION
Is our ensemble
A concerted harmony
Or a cacophony?
- 71. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
IMAGINATION
Can you imagine
If she was in your shoes and
You were barefooted?
- 72. A QUESTION OF QUALITY:
UNDERSTANDING
The barefoot Red Cross:
Must start from where people are,
Build on what they know.