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.
Funding and assistance from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is enabling priority communities in Dorset and Wiltshire to overcome common barriers to community resilience.
Dr Evangelos Ntontis, Lecturer in Social Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University, discusses novel insights into community resilience based on research on the social psychological theory of groups.
At the end of a wonderfully busy year, the Communities Prepared team thank everyone for their support and look ahead to events planned in 2020.
Ahead of Christmas, Paul Robertson, Senior Coordinator of Bradford on Avon Community Emergency Volunteer Team, discusses how his team of snow wardens supports the community in winter.
The Met Office launches its WeatherReady Winter Campaign for 2019 to help people prepare for and cope with severe weather.
In this guest blog, flood expert Mary Dhonau shares her experiences and advice on managing flood risk through property flood resilience.
Increasing community resilience to the impact of flooding and severe weather emergencies has never been more pertinent. Find out more in the latest news from Communities Prepared.
The Environment Agency launches its winter Flood Action Campaign which focuses on winter preparation and helping people know what action to take in a flood.
Beverley Griffiths from The Emergency Planning College (EPC) discusses their free online course, helping individuals with understanding risk and staying safe in the modern world.
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.
