Welcome! Here you’ll find our latest community engagement news, training and volunteering highlights plus guest blogs covering a range of community resilience and emergency planning topics. From academic research to Q&As with volunteers, we are always looking to share knowledge and expertise. If you have a guest blog you’d like to submit, get in touch! Email communitiesprepared@groundwork.org.
Melvin Hartley, a 2019 Churchill Fellow, has recently undertaken research across the United States and Europe into the role of volunteers in disasters. Here, he shares some of his learnings.
To celebrate Volunteers’ Week 2020, we chatted to Calum, aged 25, about his role with the Bradford on Avon Town Council Community Emergency Volunteers.
Claire Goldfinch, Project Officer at NALC shares examples of the inspiring work being done by local councils across England to support their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’ve put together a list of reputable resources, offering helpful information and advice on responding to COVID-19.
Communities Prepared launches its new film to showcase the long-term impact of this national community resilience programme.
Dr. Sandra Engstrom, a lecturer in social work at the University of Stirling, explores the meaning of community resilience in the time of Covid-19.
Community action is more important than ever before. We’ve launched a public health volunteer training course in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
With the country experiencing the impact of climate emergency, how can we find ways to live with long-term flood risk. Teresa Bridgeman discusses.
Dr Monica Rivas Casado, Cranfield University discusses the use of drone technology in flood emergency response.
In this blog, Evie Whatling from JBA Consulting explores their recent work with the Environment Agency’s Wessex Area Incident team, to incorporate stress management into incident management training and exercising.
