Lisa Northover
Lisa is editor of the Boscalicious website and the weekly Boscalicious newsletter.
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Lisa has experience in campaigning for local and green issues, including six years involved with regeneration in the area and cycling.
The local elections in 2007 returned Lisa as a Lib Dem Boscombe West Councillor, along side two Conservatives.
A campaigner for breastfeeding and the health of children in both the developed and developing world, Lisa backs the boycot Nestle campaign, because of their irresponsible behaviour,
Lisa is a director of the Baby Milk action campaign, and was short listed for a Sheila McKechnie Consumer Action award. The awards were given out by Gordon Brown in April 2007.
Lisa is also an accredited La Leche League Leader (Breastfeeding Counsellor)
Elected onto the Neighbourhood Management board in 2004, and chair of the board since November 2006 until the end of the project in May 2009, Lisa was involved with local service delivery as NM co-ordinated the Council, Police, NHS, and other Government organisations. Wireless internet access and ensuring the revised planning rules meet the needs of local residents are two key initiatives running at the moment. Lisa was a non-executive director of Bournemouth primary care trust for 18 months, until it merged with Poole PCT.
Lisa lives in Boscombe with her four children. Lisa plays the violin, as do most of the rest of the family, in the Coda Fiddle Orchestra.
