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Our Life annual review2010-11

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Our Life annual review2010-2011Welcome to the annual review for 2010-11 at the end ofwhat has been another successful year for Our Life.

This is an opportunity to reflect on our journey over thepast 12 months and look at some of the highlights of theyear. It details how, over that time, we’ve moved from acampaigns-focused organisation towards becoming aprovider of community engagement and empowermentservices that enable citizen-led action on wellbeing.

We showcase our wide-ranging activities with like-minded public health organisations to reduce alcohol-related harm in the North West; and we shine thespotlight on our inspiring partnership working in theregion, built on trust and a mutual desire to bring aboutlasting change…

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Our second year of operations as asocial enterprise has been a verysuccessful one. We have continuedour very successful relationship withthe North West’s twenty four PrimaryCare Trusts, helping Directors ofPublic Health in their historic role ofadvocating for better public health.

This work has included enabling andcoordinating the delivery of high qualityjoint work to reduce alcohol-relatedharm in the region. The uniquecombination of public engagement,public affairs, advocacy and campaignsexpertise that Our Life has brought tothe North West sub-regions’ activity onalcohol minimum unit price has led tohuge progress being made on this issue.

Our Life contends that the majority ofcitizens are excluded from the decision-making processes that have mostinfluence over their wellbeing andhealth. In 2010, we invested in theTalking Food: Taking Action project inthe North West.

Its purpose was to stimulatewidespread community engagementand action to consider the question“what can be done to make it easier forpeople to get healthier food?” Theuniqueness of our approach has been

Looking back

in facilitating groups of citizens toscrutinise a key and complex issue ofconcern, to help them gain a deepunderstanding of the issues at play andhow to tackle them, and to give themthe skills and confidence to take actionas a result. The other crucial aspect hasbeen the development of a co-production approach between thecitizens and the local partners, withOur Life withdrawing from the processonce the local partners were onside.This is a very different approach to onethat activates local residents on acollision course with decision-makers.The project has since gone on to winthe prestigious Centre for PublicScrutiny's community influence award.In support of our growing reputationfor high quality communityengagement and empowerment,Smoke & Mirrors, the consultancyproject that we delivered forSmokefree North West, also won theCouncil of Europe Pompidou Group'sEuropean drug prevention prize.

Our Life continues to undertakeempirical research and analyse policyand public health evidence to addsupport to issues and concerns raisedby citizens. In particular, we havedeveloped a reputation for translatingresearch and public insight into

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“Our Life’s approach to engage andmobilise citizens on public health issuesin this way is very encouraging”

Professor Sir Michael Marmot

practical outputs to provide decision-makers with robust information onwhich to base decisions. For example,Our Life has provided region-widestatistics on public opinion aroundalcohol to inform local advocacyactivities. These provided a platformfrom which we put forward the idea ofa local minimum price bylaw for alcoholto tackle alcohol harm. Our work inadvancing the bylaw idea led to thePrime Minister voicing his support forthe initiative and to the issue beingcatapulted to the top of the nationalpolitical agenda.

The year has seen some changes to ourBoard. In February, we said goodbye toour first chair Sir David Henshaw, whostood down to take up the post of chairof Alder Hey Children’s Hospital inLiverpool. We wish him well in his newendeavour. Our best wishes also extendto Kate Vokes, who stepped down fromthe board in March in order to devotemore time to the Manchester YouthZone project, which she chairs.

Finally, we would like to take thisopportunity to thank our team ofdedicated and talented staff for their hardwork and our board members for theircontinued commitment and support inmaking the year such a success.

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The year 2011-12 is a crucial one ofchange for Our Life and for many ofOur Life’s stakeholders.The board andexecutive of Our Life have used thesignificant political, financial andsocial upheaval and the NHS reformsas the springboard to discuss andagree a shift in strategy to enable theorganisation to develop and flourish inthe new world in which it finds itself.

We have attracted considerable interestin our ability to engage communities inpublic health topics. Our CommunityEngagement Plus model combineshighly deliberative engagement exerciseswith campaigns and advocacy to givecitizens the skills and confidence to takeaction on major public health issues.

Our Life contends that this model leadsto: committed citizens who want totake action, improved mental health,changed habits, increased knowledge,community pride, increased socialresponsibility, increased cohesion,empowerment and better publichealth evidence.

Given our wide experience in planningand delivering community engagementprojects and initiatives, we are well-placed to provide public participationand deliberation services for the NHS,local authorities and otherorganisations to help them respond to

the Coalition Government’s thrusttowards greater public involvement. In2011-12, this will be the major focus ofdelivery for Our Life.

As part of our move to a new businessmodel, in November 2010 we held aseminar for members and stakeholdersto highlight the importance ofcommunity engagement andempowerment, and the role that Our Lifecan play in supporting organisations todeliver this for their communities. InJanuary 2011, we launched a survey toexplore the current climate forcommunity engagement among bothpractitioners and commissioners.Between 30-40% of the respondentssurveyed strongly agreed thatcommunity engagement would continueto play a valuable role in local decisionmaking; 60% agreed that demand forcommunity engagement services wouldincrease; 60-70% of respondentsindicated that additional training anddevelopment in communityengagement techniques would help toimprove their own work and that of theirorganisation. And over 70% ofcommissioners indicated that it will beincreasingly important for communityengagement projects to evaluate impact.

A further key development has beenthe opportunity to take over anddevelop the legacy of North West

Looking forward

Participants in ourMerseyside andCheshire TalkingFood: Taking Actioninitiative

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Together We Can (NWTWC), theregional community empowermentpartnership, whose government-funding came to an end in March 2011.NWTWC built a strong reputation anddeveloped several resources, an awardsprogramme, a series of events andseminars, and excellent networks withcommunity empowermentcommissioners and providers in theregion. Our Life will look to continueand develop these key activities toensure that the capacity and learningNWTWC created over the last fouryears are retained.

Despite what is set to be a year ofuncertainty, challenge and change formany, increasing emphasis on public

Alison Giles Ken PerryChief Executive, Our Life Chair, Our Life

participation represents a fantasticpotential for citizens and communitiesto shape policy and deliver solutions intheir local areas and as a way to reducedemand on public services or to makeexisting services more effective. If thisintention is carried through, then therewill be opportunities for genuineengagement and involvement of thepublic on wellbeing and health issues.We look forward to responding to thisagenda and working with people andorganisations who want to make adifference to wellbeing and health.

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Highlights of theOur Life year

Preventing alcohol harm tochildren stands out as a highpriority for all general electioncandidates from across the politicalspectrum in the North West,according to the results of oursurvey on alcohol harm

Our ‘virtual hustings’ reveal strongsupport from all main politicalparties to keeping public health atthe top of the agenda

To show the clear link between thelow price of alcohol and over-consumption, we raise awarenessof the burden of alcohol harmfaced by the health service, policebodies, local authorities and thepublic to all regional parliamentarycandidates

Reaching Out, our partnershipproject with NHS North West andPfizer which set out how the healthservice and others in the publicsector better connect with harderto reach populations is shortlistedfor the Association of the BritishPharmaceutical Industry jointworking award

Our first Talking Food: TakingAction Food (TF:TA) Insiders’Inquiry uncovers the thoughts ofpeople who are on the inside ofand have a real impact on the food system, but whose voices are rarely heard

Attendees pledge to ask theirorganisation to “support Our Life’scall for a minimum price for alcoholand a licensing reform that takesaccount of public health” at our firstever public affairs seminar outliningthe new Government’s alcoholpolicy and the prospects forachieving change on alcohol issues

In Lancashire, Blackburn residentsget to grips with food issues andthe actions needed to improveaccess to healthier food in thesecond of our TF:TA citizens’inquiries.

April May June

“The process offersreal hope forchange, Our Life arevery competent inwhat they do andthe way thecommunities aresupported offersresilient solutions tocomplex problems.”

Chris Walsh, Director,

The Kindling Trust; Talking

Food: Taking Action

commentator

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Keeping up the pressure on thegovernment to tackle alcohol harm,our well-regarded model responseto the Home Office’s publicconsultation on a review of theLicensing Act presents strongevidence and public support tomake the case to include a publichealth objective and a strongervoice for local communities

Our Life hits the headlines as ourwork in advancing the idea of alocal minimum price for alcohol totackle alcohol harm leads to theissue being catapulted to the top ofthe national political agenda

Our Life calls for greater emphasison measuring the assets thatcommunities have, including skills,health, resources and cohesiveness,rather than focusing exclusively ontheir deficits like levels of crime, illhealth and other problems in our response to the EuropeanCommittee of the Regionsdiscussion of the use of GDP as a quality of life indicator

Our Life supports the first meetingof Greater Manchester’s task andfinish group looking at howminimum pricing could bedeveloped at the local level

Based on evidence from the TF:TAproject, Our Life successfully raisesthe subject of a healthier foodsystem in the North West topoliticians, hosting standing roomonly fringe events at the three mainpolitical party conferences

Our Life’s third Talking Food: TakingAction citizens’ inquiry bringspeople from Cleator Moor inCumbria together to discuss anddebate the key issues whichprevent them from obtaininghealthier food

July August September

In August, Our Life’swork in advancingthe idea of a localminimum price foralcohol hits the headlines

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Our Life invited to give expert inputinto the New Local GovernmentNetwork roundtable InfluencingDemand for Public Services throughNew Patterns of Behaviour seminar

Members of the community inEllesmere Port in Cheshire meet todiscuss the difficulties that preventthem from accessing healthier foodand work together to develop theirown solutions in the fourth of ourTalking Food: Taking Actioninquiries

Our Life’s Annual General Meetinglooks back on a first and verysuccessful year of operations as asocial enterprise

Representatives from the NHS, localgovernment, the third sector,private sector and localpartnerships meet to discuss theimpact and future of deliberativecommunity engagement at ourseminar “From Deliberation toAction: Giving local communities areal say on wellbeing and health”

We urge people to write to theirMPs to challenge festive alcoholprice wars and to increase pressureon supermarkets and governmentto address loss leader deals by thesupermarkets

Our Life and several North WestPCTs join an Alcohol Education andResearch Council fundedqualitative research projectfocusing on public attitudes toalcohol regulation and pricingmechanisms in particular, led bythe School of Psychology atNottingham University

October November December

In December, with support fromNorth West PCTs, Our Life join anAlcohol Education and ResearchCouncil qualitative research projectinto alcohol minimum pricing

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We ask people to write to their MPsto call on government to speed upproposals to introduce aSupermarket Adjudicator

Partington residents map out acitizen-led vision for a healthy, fairand sustainable food system in ourGreater Manchester Talking Food:Taking Action food inquiry

14 to 19 year olds have their say inour Young People’s Talking Food:Taking Action Inquiry in Oldham

Ken Perry takes over as chair of OurLife’s board

Our Life’s Board agrees a newbusiness model for theorganisation, focusing onCommunity Engagement Plus, OurLife’s unique approach to theengagement and empowerment ofcitizens

Our Life announces it is to take overaspects of North West Together WeCan’s work when the government-funded community empowermentprogramme comes to an end on 31March to create a legacy for theprogramme and boost Our Life’snetworks and reach into localcommunities

Our chief executive speaks toleaders of change at theWestminster Health ForumConference around health aboutthe need to focus on empoweringpeople to fully participate in societyand bring about change

People from across the North Westattend the Talking Food: TakingAction Campaign Weekend – theculmination of ten months ofdeliberative food inquiries

Our nationwide communityengagement survey provides asnapshot of engagement workacross a range of sectors andhighlights thoughts from bothcommissioners and practitioners oncommunity engagement now andin the future. Respondents thoughtdemand for engagement work willincrease and will continue to play avaluable role

Our Life begins recruitment exercisefor community empowermentassociates to help deliver our newCommunity Engagement Plusapproach

Our Life partners with Balance NorthEast; Alcohol Focus Scotland; andScottish Health Action on AlcoholProblems – to reveal thedangerously low prices at whichalcohol is being sold in those areasthat can least afford it

January February March

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For more than 150 yearsDirectors of Public Healthhave advocated for betterpublic health. Our Lifesupports that historicalrole, providing empiricalresearch, high qualityanalysis, policydevelopment andcommunity engagementto meet the challenges of wellbeing and health in the UK today.

Research andadvocacysupport – a strongervoicetogether

“We believe thiscoordinated approachtowards minimumpricing could bringabout real health andsocial benefits to ourregion as well asimpact on the levels ofviolent crime.”

Councillor Andrew Knowles,

Chair of the Cheshire &

Warrington Health & Wellbeing

Commission and Cheshire

East’s Cabinet Member for

Health and Wellbeing (2010)

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In 2010/11 Our Life’s Campaigns andAdvocacy team and Policy andResearch team have continued toprovide policy support and advicefocused on helping Directors ofPublic Health, public health networksand the NHS more widely to advocatefor evidence based change to deliverhealth improvement and savings tothe public purse.

The burgeoning costs of alcohol harm and food-related ill health such as obesity continue to put a significantstrain on a variety of public services notleast of all the NHS. When the alcoholindustry spends £800 million per yearon promoting alcohol Our Life believesit is essential that the Directors of PublicHealth and their partner organisationschallenge vested interests andGovernment policy when it falls short of public health needs.

In 2010/11 Our Life supported activityto tackle low alcohol prices, the

widespread availability and theceaseless promotion of alcohol.

A Minimum Unit Price forAlcohol There is a growing consensus in theNorth West across many public bodiesand key figures from public health, localgovernment, policing and beyond thatreal action to tackle the continuedavailability of very cheap alcohol isnecessary. Many now believe minimumunit pricing is the ‘missing tool in thebox’ in tackling alcohol harm. NorthWest communities in particularcontinue to be disproportionatelysubject to alcohol harm in all its forms –crime, anti-social behaviour, liverdisease, high blood pressure and more.A hard-pressed pub trade andmounting public concern at thenegative impact of cheap alcohol allstrengthen the case for action. Thequestion for Our Life and its partnerswas how to achieve a minimum priceper unit for alcohol.

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ApproachOur Policy and Research team soughtlegal advice and prepared a paperoutlining the legal status of minimumprice using the proposed minimumpricing policy in Scotland as an example.The legal advice obtained fromCobbetts LLP, refuted the claim thatminimum pricing imposed at the soleinstigation of a public authority wouldbe an infringement of national and EUcompetition law, a view since re-iteratedby the Scottish Government. We thencommissioned Cobbetts LLP to review themechanisms by which a local authoritycould introduce a local minimum unitprice, and they identified a bylaw as themost appropriate mechanism.

The Policy and Research team alsoproduced a paper called Impacts ofminimum unit pricing – looking into theeffects of a minimum price per unit ofalcohol. The paper identified how theon-trade and off-trade would beaffected if the 50p minimum price perunit was implemented. The report alsolooked at a hypothetical shoppingbasket to see how a 50p minimum priceper unit would impact upon a person’saverage monthly alcohol-spend in asupermarket.

We worked closely with Directors ofPublic Health and public healthnetworks to ensure that a case could bemade based on this wide evidence tolocal authorities to investigate localminimum unit pricing.

OutcomesAs a result of working in partnershipwith Greater Manchester Public HealthNetwork and GM Directors of Public

Health, in July 2010, the Association ofGreater Manchester Authorities (AGMA)agreed to support the bylaw proposalin principle and asked its healthcommission to draw up details of how abylaw could be implemented acrossGreater Manchester. This is now beingfollowed up with a task and finishgroup exploring issues around tradingstandards, legality, economic andcriminal impact. Our Life has attendedand supported the activities of the taskand finish group for GreaterManchester.

Cheshire and Merseyside also took upthe local bylaw baton and established aworking group that Our Life hassupported. Significant support hasbeen forthcoming from local authoritiesand others suggesting a realisticprospect for local minimum pricing inthe North West.

The combined efforts of Our Life and itsstakeholders succeeded in catapultingthe issue onto the national stage whenthe Prime Minister indicated sympathyfor the proposals as localism in action.Other ministers also suggested thatlocal authorities and their partnersshould be able to take action via bylawssuch as the one we proposed. Itremains to be seen whether aneventual proposal from local authoritiesin the North West would be acceptedby ministers but a movement hasbegun, attracting UK wide andinternational interest.

Our Life continues to support theseefforts linking to work elsewhere.Scotland in particular is expected totake forward its proposals for

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minimum unit pricing during 2011/12and will provide a strong precedent tolocal authorities and Government inthe rest of the UK.

More in-depth research – greater impactDuring the year, an Alcohol Educationand Research Council (AERC)-fundedqualitative research project wasinitiated to deliver an independentreview of public attitudes to alcoholregulation. Led by the School ofPsychology at Nottingham University,the study overlapped considerably withthe planned objectives of Our Life’s ownproposed qualitative research and sowe became partners in the AERCproject. The project proposed a mix offocus groups, interviews and mindmapping exercises to investigate theattitudes and beliefs held by membersof the public with respect to aminimum price per unit policy. Our Lifeinvited a number of North West PCTs tocontribute funding to the study whichenabled focus groups to take place inareas of the North West. This approachalso gave the public an opportunity todiscuss the policy further and providesus with more than the raw opinionobtained from the surveys. Theresearch, due to report in autumn 2011,will be the fullest and most in depthanalysis of public opinion so far aidingpolicy makers in developing policycalibrated to public concerns.

Productive partnerships –greater impactOur Life has also maximised value bypartnering with others across the UK,sharing intelligence, research and presswork to maximise value for health

stakeholders in the North West. WithAlcohol Concern, Alcohol FocusScotland, Scottish Health Action onAlcohol Problems, Alcohol Action Irelandand Balance North East we’ve been ableto draw attention to the continuedsupply of very cheap alcohol, highlightthe concerns of the pub trade regardingthe dominance of supermarkets inselling alcohol and garner interest for theidea of local minimum pricing. In light ofthe sheer scale of challenge presentedby alcohol harm, such partnershipworking is an important part ofincreasing value and impact for NorthWest health stakeholders.

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In 2010,Our Life invested in the TalkingFood: Taking Action (TF:TA) project tostimulate widespread communityengagement and action on removingthe barriers to healthier food. Theproject focused on socio-economicallydeprived neighbourhoods in theNorth West, where people’s voicesare often not heard.

ApproachIn conjunction with local partners, OurLife’s engagement team facilitated foodinquiries in Skelmersdale, Blackburn,Oldham, Cleator Moor, Ellesmere Portand Partington.

The inquiries gave some 120participants the opportunity to gain adeep understanding of the food systemand potential policies to improve accessto healthier food and to create localaction for themselves. Participantsprioritised and voted on their concernsand our policy and research teamsourced a range of “commentators”with the expertise to speak toparticipants about the issues andpropose a variety of solutions.

Empowerment – talking food:taking action

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Using their own knowledge and thatgained from the commentators,participants developed a number ofrecommendations for action that theyare now taking forward, impacting ontheir own and the wider community.Recommendations ranged from theestablishment of a food co-operative andhealthy cooking lessons for adults on anestate, to ending the proliferation of take-away food outlets on the high street.

The Inquiries culminated with acampaign weekend attended by adultsand young people from the foodinquiries. The aim was to furthersupport citizen-led campaigning byidentifying common issues across thedifferent inquiries and supporting theparticipants to work collectively todesign campaign actions that could betaken by Our Life, our healthstakeholders and citizens themselves.

“Thank you for bringing this opportunity to our area – it does feel important andconnected to the wider world, and makes us realise that we are all important too”

Participant, Talking Food: Taking Action Lancashire Inquiry

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A number of issues were identified thatare already leading to campaignactions:• Tackling the proliferation of

take-aways• Stopping junk food ads aimed at

children• Providing community based

education on healthy food for adults• Ensuring all school children have

access to healthy cooking lessons

OutcomesOver the course of each Inquiry, about16 hours in total, we facilitated theparticipants to work together anddevelop their own solutions. Prior tothis, many felt they had no say onpublic policy, so our approachdeveloped the skills and confidence oflocal residents as advocates for changeand as agents for change themselves.Many of them have begun to worktogether to take action locally, settingup cookery lessons, investigating foodco-ops, establishing communitygrowing, gaining food hygienecertificates and lobbying their localcouncillors on the issue of take-aways.

For Our Life the impact on individualparticipants is important too. Part ofthe evaluation of the project was tomeasure participants’ wellbeing at thestart and end of the deliberativeprocess. This was to test the hypothesisthat engagement is in itself animportant intervention to improvewellbeing by building confidence andself-worth among participants.Participants reported increasedconfidence, greater aspiration and feltmore positivity as a result of their ownexpertise and opinions beingembraced.

Others have made personal efforts tochange their own lifestyles.Furthermore, our evaluation alsorevealed that 89% of the participantshad never done any voluntary work intheir local area in the past year and that100% of the participants would like tocontinue being a part of TF:TA.

Our Cheshire and Mersyside inquiry in Ellesmere Port has since then goneon to gain the Centre for PublicScruinty’s Community Influence award

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recognising the quality of thepartnership built between Our Life,NHS Western Cheshire and local people.Before Talking Food: Taking Action gotunderway with citizens in North Westcommunities we also wanted to hearwhat activists from the political partiesthought too. Fringe debates were heldat each of the three main partyconferences in 2010 with the topic“Whose food is it anyway?”

A diverse panel including the Food andDrink Federation, academics, MPs andpeers ensured lively debates and it wasstanding room only in all three cases aspeople packed in to hear the debate,described by one Conservative partyactivist as “the best debate atconference so far.”

Across the political spectrum concernwas expressed at the decline incooking skills, poor food labelling andthe continued impact of junk food onour children.

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The Board present their report andcompany financial statements for theperiod 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011,prepared in accordance withapplicable law and regulations.

Structure, governance andmanagementThe organisation is an industrial andprovident society for the benefit of thecommunity, incorporated with theFinancial Services Authority on 9February 2009. The company wasestablished under Rules that establishthe objects and powers of theorganisation and how it will begoverned. Our Life is an exempt charity.

Our Life is governed by its board whomeet quarterly. Board Membership isrepresentative of organisations thatmake up Our Life membership. Our Lifereports annually to members andstakeholders through an annual report,audited annual accounts, an AGM andother meetings as appropriate.

Our Life is not involved as a legal entitywith any other parties except bymembership and through contracts forservices. It is an independentmembership organisation. Voting rightsare extended to all members.

Board members’ report

Board members serving during 2010-11Sir David Henshaw (Chair) David ParrDr Mike BurrowsRosemary HawleyKate VokesPaul HorrocksKen PerryElaine Darbyshire

Sir David Henshaw (Chair) resignedNovember 2010, Ken Perry wasappointed by the board to succeed him.Kate Vokes resigned March 2011.

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Organisational structureIn 2010-11, Our Life employed nine full-time members of staff and one part-time member of staff: one chiefexecutive, four heads of department,four officers, and an office manager.

Our Life also employed a campaignsofficer on a short-term fixed contract.The management team consisted ofthe chief executive and the four headsof department. They reported to theOur Life board at its quarterly meetings.During the accounting period Our Lifealso employed one full-time member ofstaff on a fixed term contract to providecommunications services to theDepartment of Health in the North West.

Risk statementThe board has reviewed the risks facedby the organisation and put in placesystems to mitigate risk. Our Life hasproduced a comprehensive register ofOur Life business risks. This is reviewedquarterly by the Board and is availableon request from the Our Life registeredoffice, 4th Floor, Dale House, 35 DaleStreet, Manchester, M1 2HF.

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These summarised financial statements contain information fromboth the Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheetfor the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011, but are not the fullstatutory report and accounts. The full financial statements wereapproved by the Board Members on 13 July 2011. They receivedan unqualified audit report and copies may be obtained from the Our Life registered office, 4th Floor, Dale House, 35 Dale Street,Manchester, M1 2HF.

Signed on behalf of the Board Members

Ken Perry David ParrBoard Member (Chair) Board Member

Income £

Turnover 1,115,052

Total income 1,115,052

Expenditure £

Charitable activity 784,165

Governance costs 7,190

Total expenditure 791,355

Net increase in funds 323,697

Balance sheet summary as at 31 March 2011 £

Total funds 576,437

Financial StatementSummary income and expenditure account balance sheet for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011

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Central and Eastern CheshirePrimary Care Trust

Cheshire and Merseyside PublicHealth Network

Cumbria Public Health Network

GMG Radio

Greater Manchester PublicHealth Network

Halton Borough Council

Heart of Mersey

Lancashire Public HealthNetwork

Liverpool Primary Care Trust

NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan

NHS Blackburn with Darwen

NHS Blackpool

NHS Bolton

NHS Bury

NHS Central Lancashire

NHS Cumbria

NHS East Lancashire

NHS Halton and St Helens

NHS Heywood, Middleton andRochdale

NHS Knowsley

NHS Manchester

NHS North Lancashire

NHS North West

NHS Oldham

NHS Salford

NHS Sefton

NHS Tameside and Glossop

NHS Warrington

NHS Western Cheshire

NHS Wirral

Smokefree North West

Stockport Primary Care Trust

Trafford Primary Care Trust

Thanks

Thanks must go our stakeholders and member organisationsfor their continued support and involvement in the work we doto make a real difference to wellbeing and health in the NorthWest over the past year.

Our Life Member Organisations 2010-2011

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