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Shaping an integrated multi-agency approach to EM
ResilientCo recently wrapped up a successful project with the City of Port Phillip helping to shape a more integrated, multi-agency...


Partnering for Climate Conversations
We're proud to partner with the City of Port Phillip and The Resilience Canopy to support communities to plan for and thrive in the face of future shocks and stresses as part of their Climate Ready Communities Project. As part of the collaboration, last week 25 wonderful community members, leaders, council representatives and others committed to supporting their communities completed The Resilience Canopy-facilitated training. Already, a couple of the newly trained practition


Exercising for Relief
More than 60 people have attended a large scale exercise focussing on emergency relief centre activation delivered in partnership with...


Proudly partnering - Divided We Fall
ResilientCo is a proud partner and co-founder of new national charity The Resilience Canopy, which officially launched on May 1 with an...


Welcome to Alex Dudley
We welcomed evaluation and climate change resilience specialist Alexandra Dudley to the RCo team earlier this year. With both...


Welcome to Lucy Eaton
RCo has welcomed Lucy Eaton to the team with her focus on climate resilience and sustainability. Lucy has a Bachelor of Environmental...


Team reflections on the year that was
We thank our clients, partners and colleagues for trusting us to support them this year. Laura Buchanan, Senior Resilience Specialist I...


Putting the community into hub training
Providing training for community members to help with self activation in the event of an emergency has been a real focus for our team this year. Recently the team spent time with the Healesville Community Recovery Group to deliver Community Emergency Hub training. In a resource-constrained environment where agencies are often unable to immediately access communities at risk of geographical isolation, it is important to provide people with the tools and resources for self-acti


NEW TRAINING: wellbeing in emergencies
We’ve developed a new training session with disaster recovery expert and clinical psychologist David Younger. This one is specifically...


Addressing a gap: emotional preparedness in emergency management
Training that focuses on emotional preparedness as well as emergency management. Michelle Richards and Clinical Psychologist David Younger delivered the first session of this targeted training for Campaspe Shire Council recently. The workshop, called Emergencies & You: Emotional Preparedness for Local Government links emergency management operational responsibilities with applying the principles of emotional preparedness whilst incorporating stress, mind-body science and


Scenario planning in climate change
We have loved working with the team at Western Alliance for Greenhouse Action (WAGA) on the project they’re leading for the Victorian...


Walking through Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country
We’ve been so privileged to have spent some time walking through, better understanding and reconnecting with Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung...


Quick lessons in Crisis Leadership
In the past two years, ResilientCo has worked with over 25 local government authorities and organisations to build their approaches to...


Co-Designing for Campaspe Shire
We are pleased to be supporting Campaspe Shire Council in a project to build its capacity in the operation of emergency relief centres...


Climate Change and Emergency Management
Climate change presents an evolving challenge for governments, organisations and communities. Climate-related hazards often lead to...


Unpacking roles and responsibilities
The team is having a great time working with the Barwon Coast Committee of Management on an Emergency Management Review and Training...


Returning to East Gippy
We’re pleased to be heading back to East Gippsland to continue the roll out of training in community-led emergency relief centres alongside East Gippsland Shire Council . This local government area and multiple communities within it have been through big disasters. They have a lot to share in the work they have done since the 2019-20 fires, and collectively are focussed on continuous improvement and forward thinking preparation. We’ve been fortunate to support Council and c


Training in Secondary Impact Assessment
Municipal Secondary Impact Assessment (SIA) is the important process undertaken by Councils to determine the impact of an emergency on...


"We're All In This Together"
Our Managing Director Brett Ellis presented at the New South Wales Rural Fire Service community engagement and fire awareness conference...


Building Capability and Capacity
We recently concluded a detailed program of work over three years to enhance the capability and capacity of Gannawarra Shire Council’s...
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