This workshop has been created from feedback collected from Redbridge Introductory Community Resilience Workshops, but everyone is more than welcome, whether you've attended previously or not!

Do you want to help your community be prepared for emergencies such as fires, floods or power outages?

Communities are usually the first to arrive at an emergency and stay behind to help after it has passed. Resilient communities are better prepared to respond to an emergency and recover without long lasting negative impacts.

The community response to Covid-19 in Redbridge has shown Redbridge's incredible resilience, and many organisations and groups are already responding to this emergency on a daily basis.

The British Red Cross's Community Resilience Team bring expertise in emergency preparation and response, and are working together with Redbridge's residents and voluntary, community and faith sector and Redbridge Council to ensure that if and when further emergencies strike, the community is ready to respond and recover together.

This workshop will be an opportunity to look at what emergencies could exist within Redbridge, and what solutions could be created to improve collaboration and communication within the borough. Looking specifically at overcoming language barriers to communicate with the whole community and what preventive measures can be taken on by the voluntary community and faith sector, as requested in the Introductory workshop.

Additional Opportunity: We will also be recruiting volunteers for the programme. We are looking for people who would like to take a leadership role in engaging their local community to better prepare, response and recover from emergencies. Though not required, candidates should have some relationship with, or knowledge of, local groups, faith-based groups/organisations etc.

• As a volunteer you’ll receive full training and an induction to help you excel in this role.
• You’ll gain and enhance transferable workplace skills that’ll last you a lifetime.
• Being a volunteer for the British Red Cross means that you can proudly say you are part of the world’s largest humanitarian organisation and know that you are making a difference to people’s lives.

Apply to Volunteer: Community Resilience Advocate Volunteer - Redbridge

Everyone is welcome.

More information on the Community Resilience Programme can be found here. Please feel free to email Ben at bhannamdeeming@redcross.org.uk with any questions.

We want to make this workshop a welcoming and accessible space, so please do get in touch if there is anything we can do to facilitate this for you, we would love to hear from you.