We know that volunteer programs work best when they are fully informed. Below you will find a range of links to other websites providing information on community resilience, disaster relief, civil emergencies and more. There are a number of resources available for volunteer organisations below. Use the search box below to find information on a particular topic or region.
Please note that while we will make every effort to ensure these links are accurate, up to date and relevant, Communities Prepared cannot take responsibility for pages maintained by external providers. If you come across any links that no longer work or whose content is no longer relevant, please contact us here.
https://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/
Established by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2010, The Prince’s Countryside Fund exists to improve the prospects of family farm businesses and the quality of rural life. It provides more than £1m in grant and initiative funding every year to projects across the UK that help to provide a secure future for the countryside.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk
The Salvation Army expresses its faith through charitable action by working at the heart of communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. We have 750 community churches and social centres where we offer friendship, practical help and support to some of the most disadvantaged people in our communities.
https://scottishfloodforum.org/
Our aim is to reduce the impacts of flooding on individuals and communities, through providing immediate support and by establishing a network of community resilience groups in flood risk areas to equip communities to cope with the impacts and threat of flooding.
https://thesimexseries.org/
The Simex Series is the UK’s largest annual international disaster response exercise. It is an operational (live controlled) field exercise designed to establish a learning environment for players to exercise disaster event response plans, policies and procedures.
https://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/research/village-survival-guide
Based on the lived experience of rural residents from all across the UK, The Village Survival Guide from The Prince's Countryside Fund offers hints, tips, and tricks to getting your community up and running.
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/fire-emergencies-and-crime/preparing-for-emergencies/community-resilience-programme-what-if/
The aim of the “What If?” campaign is to empower local people to help themselves and the vulnerable to prepare, respond and recover from events that disrupt the community from life as normal. Ensure local communities are able to adapt to adversity utilising local resources in an innovative way to meet the challenges of a changing society.
https://what3words.com
what3words is a really simple way to talk about location. 3 word addresses are easy to say and share, and are as accurate as GPS coordinates. People use what3words to find their tents at festivals, navigate to B&Bs, and to direct emergency services to the right place.
