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		<title>Looking after our team members</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s a day most team members say they dread — and would walk over hot coals to avoid — but when the chips are down, who better to treat you and carry you to safety than your own trusted mountain rescue colleagues? From the archive: Mountain Rescue England and Wales Annual Review 2026. May 2025&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Introducing our new partner in mental wellbeing: Rightsteps</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In January 2026, we were delighted to announce that we had added a new ‘partner’ organisation to the portfolio of wellbeing support that the Rescue Benevolent Fund can offer to mountain and cave rescue team members and their families. Rightsteps joins Togetherall and The Fire Fighters Charity and broadens our offering to bring specialist, tailored&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The power of sleep: Why we need it and how to get it</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental wellbeing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sleep isn’t just about the number of hours of shuteye we get each night, but the quality of sleep we get can have a significant impact on our overall health. From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine Issue 95, January 2026. Togetherall, in association with the Rescue Benevolent Fund How much sleep do you really need?&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Understanding what we mean by &#8216;trauma&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/mental-wellbeing/understanding-what-we-mean-by-trauma/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental wellbeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Stress]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trauma is defined as ‘an emotional and psychological response to deeply distressing or life-threatening events that overwhelm an individual’s ability to cope’ (Mind, 2026). As a concept, it feels as if it has fully entered the consciousness of the mainstream and terms like ‘trauma dumping’, ‘generational trauma’ and ‘vicarious trauma’ can be found across social&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Slow down and smell the coffee</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/news-and-stories/slow-down-and-smell-the-coffee/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental wellbeing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you always in a hurry, impatient in queues and flying off the handle at the slightest thing? Are you driven by a need to succeed and feel stressed-out most of the time? Find out how to take time to slow down, &#8216;be present&#8217; and enjoy life. From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine, Issue 94,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are we all just kind of lonely?</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/mental-wellbeing/tackling-loneliness/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental wellbeing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to manage feelings of loneliness and isolation… It can feel odd talking about loneliness when it’s easier for us to connect with others now than at any other time in history. However, the means of connecting have changed, and some of the most popular options are designed to encourage comparison to others. From the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Guiding Principles for Wellbeing from both UKSAR and ICAR</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/physical-wellbeing/guiding-principles-for-wellbeing-from-both-uksar-and-icar/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental wellbeing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Traumatic injury]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[UKSAR and ICAR have both produced guidance for teams and team members in looking after the wellbeing of their team members. These two articles summarise the full documents. From the archives: Mountain Rescue Magazine Issue 93, July 2025. Five Guiding Principles for Emergency Response Volunteer Wellbeing In 2023, the UKSAR Mental Health and Wellbeing Work&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heart Rate Variability: what it is and how we can influence it</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/physical-wellbeing/heart-rate-variability-what-it-is-and-how-we-can-influence-it/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Breathing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alan Littlefield was one of our keynote speakers at the conference in September. He spoke about building trusting teams and introduced the concept of positively affecting our HRV by deploying the BREATHE skill, to improve both our individual and our team performance. The breathing bit, it has to be said, inspired a degree of scepticism&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Introducing our new application process&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/news-and-stories/introducing-our-new-application-process/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General info]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cave Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve simplified our application process so it’s easier to ask for help when you need it… From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine Issue 91, January 2025. Chairman Neil Woodhead explains how we&#8217;ve responded to feedback from our mountain and cave rescue membership to make it easier to apply for benevolence or to find support to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Setting goals for health and wellbeing</title>
		<link>https://www.rescuebenevolent.fund/mental-wellbeing/setting-goals-for-health-and-wellbeing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Stress]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the archive: Mountain Rescue Magazine Issue 87, Winter 2024. From Togetherall in association with the Rescue Benevolent Fund. When the new year rolls around, it’s easy for us to feel like we need to accomplish everything we didn’t get the chance to tackle last year. Sometimes we can put so much pressure on ourselves&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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