Why choose Our Life?
"Our Life is there as a partner with people." Mike Farrar, NHS Confederation
Reputation
Our Life originated from the health sector and is highly regarded for its health-related work and has a growing reputation among local authorities
Spread of skills
Our Life's skills range from engagement techniques and training through to research, policy development, campaigns development, public relations and evaluation, enabling us to deliver a full engagement and empowerment package
Empowering, not extractive
Our Life delivers methods and techniques that leave a legacy among the participants, empowering them to take action. Many other providers extract information on behalf of their clients but leave nothing behind
Social enterprise
Our Life delivers social value and reinvests profits into community led action
No rigid approaches
We adapt approaches to suit the unique needs of each situation
Through engagement and deliberation we inspire people to take action and put them at the heart of the changes they want to see.
Our Life believes passionately that people should be involved in making decisions about issues that directly affect their lives. What sets us apart from other providers of engagement services is that we skill up, mobilise and support the participants of engagement processes to take action for themselves. We do not just extract information on behalf of our clients
Evaluation
We measure outcomes of importance to our clients such as wellbeing and social value