- someone who cares for the less fortunate
- someone who show respect for the less fortunate
- someone who helps their fellow citizen
2.3
Salvation army(non-statutory): “well to be honest I don’t know” (I give bit of help) “so its someone who has legal residence in a country by either birth right or acceptance.”
In connection with the work of salvation army a good citizen is some one who like them selves helps the needy by offering time to listen to people who have problems or offering donations to help fund the assistance given. A good citizen to some one who works for the salvation army would match up to the following criteria:
- someone who gives help to the needy.
- the fortunate contributing money and time to the less fortunate.
- someone who has genuine love for neighbour.
2.4
summary
The oxford dictionary definition is: A citizen is person who has full rights as a member of a country either by birth or by being given such rights.
So all of them were along the right line in their definitions.
3.0
- identify some of the different social groups in society that these services are likely to deal with in the course of their duties?
There are many types of different types of social groups that all types of public services deal with gender and race being the most important. E.g.
- Age e.g. older or younger
- Gender e.g. male or female
- Ethnicity e.g. British citizen or not
- Physique e.g. weak or disabled
- Peer groups e.g. sports people or alcoholics etc.
3.1
Age
People tend to associate more with people in their own age group. This may be because they went to the same school or share familiar interests because they have grown up with the same things.
3.2
Gender
People also associate with people of the same sex because they have a better understanding of each other than they do of the opposite sex.
3.3
Ethnicity
Unfortunately people of the same ethnic groups stick together like birds because they know more a lot about each other and don’t understand other peoples customs and beliefs so they are reluctant to try and befriend people of other races.
3.4
Physic
Because of the pack instinct of man humans will group together if the others are of the same ability. Also because of the media many people will not associate with ugly or disabled people because its not cool.
4.0
C) A list of qualities a good citizen may display and explaining which of the qualities would help an employee in a specific public service to carry out their duties.
4.1
Below is a list of qualities that a good citizen may display:
Personality, character, and admiration from co-workers etc.
Tells the truth, never withholds important information, shares views and honest with others
Takes risks to achieve goals and demonstrates critical application.
Trustworthy and demonstrates a sense of duty and commitment.
Demonstrates physical and moral courage.
- And.. subordinate development.
Shows awareness to equality.
4.2
This is a table of each quality and how it would help an employee in a specific public service:
5.0
D) How public services deal with environmental issues using specific examples.
Urban decay and social exclusion
Poorer communities left behind by the process of urban sprawl, such as Withendale are left to bear the 'costs' of inner city traffic congestion or lose of investment in the local infrastructure and services, the government have already tried to help by encouraging other high tech companies to move in and provide some more employment to the communities. Because of the brake down in info structure social inequalities in quality of education and/or health services and/or employment opportunities. Furthermore, deterioration of the built environment diminishes civic pride in the local area and fosters vandalism and crime, this means people are ashamed and start moving away. Unless overbuilding outside the affected area is stopped, their abandonment and deterioration will continue.
Ways the public services can deal with the problems.
- Raising the standard of social housing
- Local housing strategies
- Creating mixed communities
- Regenerating the wider environment
- Sustainable Regeneration - Community empowerment
If the standard of housing is improved (raising the standard of social housing) it will encourage people to take care of their area and make it a more desirable place to live in.
Conclusion
Successful neighbourhood renewal will require a comprehensive approach which addresses social, economic and environmental factors to tackle the needs of our most deprived neighbourhoods. In particular, the role of the built environment in addressing social exclusion and creating mixed and sustainable communities, is a shared agenda for both neighbourhood renewal and sustainable development.
A good public service to look at for environmental issues is the environmental agency, they are a public service who care for the environment. There are many topics the environmental agency deal with as is listed below:
- Air quality
- Conservation
- Fish
- Flood
- Land quality
- Recreation
- Navigation
- Waste
- Water quality
- Water resources
"We are the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It's our job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world."
Sir John Harman, Chairman.
5.1
waste
Waste is rubbish people at home and work discard because they no longer need it. England and Wales produce 400 million tonnes of waste every year. Careful management is needed so its effect on the environment and human health is minimal. The environmental agency use adverts such as this one : (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waste/?lang=_e)
Making more from less
Waste minimization is about being efficient. By preventing waste and emissions at source all organisations can maximise output and increase profits. It is a process by which everyone gains; you can save money and the environment benefits too.
Industry lets billions in profit go to waste. Few companies know how much waste costs their business or how much it costs the environment through contaminated land, dirty rivers and air pollution.
Reducing waste is the key to a cleaner world and more competitive industry. This site is a gateway to a wealth of information, including:
- the benefits of waste prevention
- a step by step guide
- useful contacts and links to the world-wide web
- research information
- case studies
- staff awareness materials
- support and advice organisations
These pages have been developed to encourage you to adopt waste minimization in your organization.
It's time for you to make a beeline for waste minimization.
They also work closely with DEFRA and the national government assisting them in developing regulation legislation and guidance for industry. An example of this is for agricultural waste which is estimated to be around 500,000 tonnes per year of which approximately 225,000 tonnes pesticide washings and spent sheep dips. This compares with some 95 million tonnes of slurry and farmyard manure and 245,000 tonnes of animal by-products. However, wastes from agricultural premises have traditionally been excluded from government priority, but that is set to change. A public consultation paper is expected soon, setting out Government’s initial proposals on how to extend waste controls to the agricultural sector.
The Environmental Agency has been working, and will continue to work, closely with Government on these proposals, aiming to make them proportionate to the risks posed by wastes produced by the agricultural community and to give effect to sustainable farming practices.
5.2
water quality
Most of the Earth’s water is in the oceans (97 per cent) or locked away as ice. The largest volumes of freshwater are stored underground as groundwater, accounting for about 0.6 per cent of the total. Only a tiny fraction (0.01 per cent) is present as fresh surface water in lakes, streams and rivers. But it is this proportion which is so important for many of our terrestrial ecosystems, including humans. Therefore water is a lot more fragile than we think and because The water industry has over 350,000km of sewers, 6,000 sewage treatment works discharges and 25,000 intermittent discharges, it is clearly evident that the water industry can have a great impact on our environment.
The Environment Agency use a variety of standards and targets to help take action to protect and improve water quality. They use them to calculate the potential impacts of industry and agriculture. For example, to work out the conditions they must impose on discharges in order to protect water quality. They also help with checking national progress in protecting water quality and in working out where action is needed.
Standards may have a variety of aims. These include:
- protecting wildlife and nature;
- controlling risks to the quality of water abstracted for supply to our homes or used to irrigate crops;
- making sure that our enjoyment of things like bathing, angling and boating are as safe as possible.
For example:
The Environment Agency plays a significant role in deciding what environmental improvements the water industry should make. In their current environmental improvement programme, water companies will spend £5.3 billion on nearly 7,000 projects to improve rivers and coastal waters in England and Wales. This will also protect over 100 important wildlife sites. The last environmental improvement programme was a great success and resulted in many benefits to the environment ranging from cleaner bathing waters to fewer poor and bad quality rivers.
