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		<title>Renovate Your Relationship handbook launched</title>
		<link>http://blog.helpful.com.au/?p=91</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Dr Andrew Bickerdike (pictured) from Relationships Australia Victoria and Andrew King from MensLine were joined by John Legg from Helpful Partners to launch this handbook at the recent FRSA conference in Sydney.
The handbook uses a theme of home renovation and provides a set of proven tools that are effective in helping men improve their relationships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to renovate your relationship?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m off to the second FRSA conference this week in Sydney with an armful of our latest flyers. Looking forward to catching up with Andrew King from Mensline Australia and Andrew Bickerdike from Relationships Australia who we have worked with on various projects. The three of us are launching  Renovate your relationship (PDF 190K) together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People supporting people online</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now we&#8217;re excited about working with Relationships Australia Victoria on an ambitious online project that will assist people connect up with professional expertise and to support each other at any time of day or night.

People supporting people, 24 hours a day.
 An online community of practitioners and clients.

This innovative online community will integrate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get clear about the purpose of your online community</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy White and Matt Moore emphasised the importance of this in their workshops &#8211; it will drive the design. Keep returning to it or risk losing your community. (More on online communities here at Nancy&#8217;s wikispaces.)
Some other useful ideas:

There is no greenfield in online community
It is best to find existing offline communities and start with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can education help?</title>
		<link>http://blog.helpful.com.au/?p=45</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnLegg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Sydney Morning Herald article by Andrew O&#8217;Keefe quoted studies that &#8217;suggest one in seven boys (aged 12-20) believe it&#8217;s all right to force a girl to have sex if she was flirting. One in three boys believes most violence against women occurs because the woman provoked it. One in three year 10 girls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog saves man from a lifetime of abuse and violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnLegg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke to a friend in his fifties the other day. He was beaten regularly as a child and he and his brother were both sexually abused. His mum kept the family together, then when he was ten his dad committed suicide.
Samuel had a rough life as a young man on the streets of Broken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Men and Family Violence project</title>
		<link>http://blog.helpful.com.au/?p=14</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnLegg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘I hit my wife six weeks ago, I can&#8217;t forgive myself. I lost my temper and slapped her in the face. We arguing about something. I love her, I would never hurt her. She is the best thing that ever happened to me and I can&#8217;t live without her. She said she forgives me but [...]]]></description>
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