The horrifying media images of the devastation that wildfires have caused in recent years have been clear for all to see – from the shocking loss of homes in California to burning wild life in Australia. Devastating deaths, large-scale evacuations, destruction of towns, widespread pollution and biodiversity loss. Impacts are being realised across all over […]
My name is Matt Golding – and I’m a filmmaker and more recently a podcaster. In my latest project, “Screw This, Let’s try something else”, I and friend / fellow storyteller Maryam Pasha tour the UK visiting just some of the hundreds of ordinary communities that are doing something extraordinary – and demonstrating that new, […]
Recently Alice and Jesse were fortunate enough to attend the National Consortium of Societal Resilience (NCSR+) 2026 conference up in Manchester. The dual themes of the conference – on youth & family engagement, as well as water outages – prompted lots of interesting discussion in the conference hall with implications not just for Communities Prepared’s work but for the […]
In this month’s guest blog, Dr Sarah Bell shines the light on an essential topic, the interface of climate resilience and disability. Dr Bell is a senior lecturer in Health Geography at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH). Since 2019, Dr Bell has been co-designing an interdisciplinary research programme to explore opportunities to highlight disability […]
Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Rogers, and I am the Met Office Civil Contingencies Advisor for London and Southeast England. My role within the Met Office is to work alongside emergency responder partners, providing them with any weather-related information that they may need, especially during a period of severe weather. I […]
Communities Prepared is very sad to share that we’ll shortly be saying goodbye to one of our senior project officers, Richard Hood. Richard is moving on to serve as strategic lead for Resilience and Emergency Management and Business Continuity for Croydon Borough Council and hopes to make a significant impact to the community. Richard has […]
As we all know, volunteering has often been the glue that holds society together, especially for emergency response. Without it, we can’t recover from disasters or emergencies with the same resilience, as seen during COVID-19. The impact of some emergencies can be immense and create diverse needs, which the emergency services might struggle to respond to […]
In March, Nick, Richard and Alice from the Communities Prepared team attended the second National Conference on Societal Resilience, at the University of Manchester, along with around 180 other attendees from a mix including Local Resilience Forums, Resilience organisations, Central government representatives, consultancies, and academics. So what did we learn, and what does this mean […]
We were so pleased to take part in the newly rebranded Flood and Water Management Expo last month, and to see so many of you there at our stand and our workshop with JBA Consulting. Delivery Manager Mike Anthony and Senior Project Officers Richard Hood and Alice Moorcroft-Hughes attended from the Communities Prepared team and […]
