Jargon defines your culture, and people want to feel part of a culture. But I guess they should think about the kind of culture they’re creating – and how it looks to outsiders.

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I’m afraid this kind of nonsense is getting all the more prevalent in the third sector too. I think it’s because we’re doing more work with government in all its shades and government spends too much time at the water cooler with business. It’s an endless circle of meaninglessness where these kinds of words and phrases end up excluding our “end user”. See what I did there?

Bring back the pretty, the poetic, the expressive.

And anyway, who on earth wears a nightdress these days?

The relationship between government and the charitable sector is completely transformed. I work for a charity, my post is part-funded by DCSF. It’s very common and would be completely unrecognisable to the average punter who donates to charity.

Having said that, it has its uses. We achieve a massive amount in partnership with government to support the work of local authorities, so it can work very well.

Jargon aside, it’s a shame how many charities have become client organisations of government… though it makes it a double pleasure to get involved with a good one.