Council’s correctness control

Published: 18 November, 2010

• CAMDEN Council has an overseeing position of many organisations and is currently involved in structuring a new mental health service-user group Camden Mental Health User Involvement Service. 

I have often heard from many users that the organisation is being shaped by the council to act as it sees fit. I didn’t take any notice, but I have now changed my mind.  

We were to have a small Christmas party. I’ve now been told that the council has decreed that it will now be called Festive Event, and the wording “Christmas party” excluded.

We should celebrate all festive events when they are due, and whatever religion, and refer to them in using the name they are properly given – that is Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Eid and so on. 

This decision by the council insults my religious beliefs, but that obviously doesn’t matter. Camden’s decree proves that comments of service-users were correct.

TONY FISHER, St Pancras Way, NW1