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			<title><![CDATA[Newsletters]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Every month Our Life publishes a regular news and views update, Our Life. Matters. You can view the latest issue and download archive editions below:
Our Life. Matters - November/December 2011
Our Life. Matters - September/October 2011
Our Life. Matters - July/August 2011
Our Life. Matters - May...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Building Healthy Communities together-the glass half full! ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Life and North West Together We Can (NWTWC) are keen to ensure that the learning that NWTWC created over the past four years continues to expand.  We recently held a successful autumn programme of Learning Exchange Seminars to explore how best to build Healthy Communities in the North West, with...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/building-healthy-communities-together--the-glass-half-full-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Joint report reveals need for minimum unit pricing]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Uniting across regional and national boundaries, Our Life, Balance-the North East Alcohol Office, Alcohol Focus Scotland and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems have today published a report showing that minimum unit pricing is needed now more than ever as alcohol continues to be sold at pock...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/joint-report-reveals-need-for-minimum-unit-pricing/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Autumn Learning Exchange Seminars ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Life and North West Together We Can present:
Autumn Learning Exchange Seminars 2011
Friday 18 November 10.00am - 1.00pm including lunchHealthy Communities: taking action in Blackburn with DarwenSupported by Blackburn with Darwen CVS and Blackburn with Darwen Borough CouncilBlackburn Boulevard ...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/autumn-learning-exchange-seminars-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our Life launches wellbeing discussion kit]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA['Wellbeing Champions' from across the North West today (30 September 2011) attended the launch of - A Fair Deal for Wellbeing? - a
discussion kit that aims to get people thinking more about their wellbeing and to take action to improve it in their area.
Developed by Our Life in partnership with NH...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/our-life-launches-wellbeing-discussion-kit/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Protect our children from alcohol marketing]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A private members bill put forward by Totnes MP, Dr Sarah Wollaston to limit the exposure of children to alcohol marketing is scheduled for a second reading in the House of Commons on Friday 9 September 2011.
In a bid to get the government to take a tougher stance on alcohol advertising in the UK, ...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/protect-our-children-from-alcohol-marketing/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study reveals public attitudes to alcohol pricing]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This month has seen the launch of Alcohol Research UK - a new independent charity set up to tackle some of the problems created by alcohol misuse and provide robust, scientific evidence to guide policy and practice in the UK.
The launch is marked by new independent research which reveals the views ...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/study-reveals-public-attitudes-to-alcohol-pricing/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Traffic light labels tabled in Parliament]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ In
Parliament, Liberal Democrat MP, Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West), has tabled Early Day Motion
(EDM) 2177: Nutritional Food Labelling which is calling on the Government to "recommend
a traffic light system of front-of-pack labelling on all food packaging". EDM
2177 is being supported by Ou...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Taylor &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/traffic-light-labels-tabled-in-parliament/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Deliberation to Action: community engagement seminar report]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Following its AGM on Friday 26 November 2010, Our Life hosted a discussion seminar, From Deliberation to Action: Giving local communities a real say on wellbeing and health, at the Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green, Manchester.
How to engage local populations in improving wellbeing and health is a cruci...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/from-deliberation-to-action-community-engagement-seminar-report/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q & A Sessions ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Life is keen to profile issues and people of interest that are relevant to our areas of work. In this part of our website you'll find features, articles and interviews that should provoke discussion and debate. The latest articles are listed below. Just click on the links to read them.
Professo...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our Life stride out for charity]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ In line with our values we've chosen to support four
charities this year - The Mustard Tree, Teenage Cancer Trust, The Christie
charity and Amnesty International - and five members of the Our Life team took
part in a fund-raising Nordic Walk on Monday 11 July. Leading the walk was UK-qualified N...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/our-life-stride-out-for-charity/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Survey shows community engagement sector is resolute ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Despite funding concerns, community engagement practitioners from across the UK expect demand for engagement work to increase in the future and that it will continue to play a valuable role, according to the results of a survey by deliberative engagement specialists, Our Life.
With the coalition go...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/survey-shows-community-engagement-sector-is-resolute-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Board vote to change Our Life’s governance structure]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 13 July, we held a Special Members' meeting where we put forward a proposal to revise our company rules to change the governance structure.
Members of Our Life voted for the change of rules to alter the required composition of the Board away from a focus on the NHS to a wider set of ex...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/board-vote-to-change-our-lifes-governance-structure/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA['The importance of a social network’ seminar report]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Connecting people into power: the importance of a social network', was the subject of Our Life's seminar in Manchester on 13 July 2011.
Presented by Thomas Neumark, associate director for the Connected Communities project at the RSA, the seminar aimed to encourage the audience to think about...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/the-importance-of-a-social-network-our-life-seminar-report/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our Life host seminar on community empowerment]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[To introduce our new network of contacts from NWTWC to Our Life, we held a seminar at Inspire, Levenshulme, for NWTWC network members, focusing on community empowerment. Toby Blume, chief executive of Urban Forum, took the audience on a whistle-stop tour of the Coalition Government's plans for the B...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/our-life-host-seminar-on-community-empowerment/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our Life wins prestigous community influence award]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Life's pioneering Talking Food: Taking Action project, which worked with residents from across the North West to consider the question "what can be done to make it easier for people to get healthier food?" has won the Centre for Public Scrutiny's (CfPS) community influence award.
The CfPS is th...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/our-life-wins-prestigous-community-influence-award/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Show your support for school cooking lessons]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Life is backing calls to protect school cooking lessons within the National Curriculum.
An Early Day Motion 'EDM 1816: Practical Cooking Lessons in Schools', tabled in Parliament by Richmond MP, Zac Goldsmith, is calling for the current level of mandatory cooking lessons to be retained in every...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.ourlife.org.uk/news/support-school-cooking-lessons/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pioneering coalition calls for meaningful alcohol budget]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A sneak preview of a report set to be published in the next few weeks reveals that alcohol is being sold for pocket money prices across Northern England and Scotland.
The report proves that banning the sale of alcohol below the price of duty plus VAT, the Government's preferred method of dealing wi...]]></description>
			<author>Andrew Champness &lt;no-reply@www.ourlife.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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