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Insights into our work, industry and community.


Meet the RCO team - David Eastham
Specialty: I specialise in facilitation and strategic planning. Whether it's delivering training, facilitating community workshops or...


Leading in Disaster Recovery
Leadership in recovery is different. Leading in Disaster Recovery A Companion Through the Chaos is a New Zealand Red Cross developed...


Meet the RCO team - Deborrah Jepsen
Specialty: I turn strategies and ideas into real on the ground projects for communities. With a focus currently in public safety, I work...


Meet the RCO team - Natalie Staaks
Specialty: I’m a crisis and disaster resilience specialist. That means I work with clients and communities across a number of usually...


The story of Millgrove and building a more resilient community
The Millgrove community in Victoria is in the top 5 most vulnerable communities in the country that is exposed to the threat of...


Meet the RCO team - Tia Baptista
Tia's specialty: I specialise in project management and stakeholder engagement; both firmly grounded within the disaster resilience and...


Community as active emergency participants
The importance of community knowledge and connection in emergencies came through loud and clear in interviews with Gannawarra Shire...


It's a marathon not a sprint
Reflections from ResilientCo Managing Director Brett Ellis : It’s a marathon not a sprint. I’ve heard those words a lot in the Ganawarra...


International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
October 13 is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This year the focus of the day, aligned to the Sendai Framework, is to...


Using data in disaster resilience
Enabling local community disaster preparedness and building community resilience by improving the quality of data about community...


Benchmarking resilience as a business
ResilientCo was recently engaged by a retail property group to deliver a Community Resilience Plan that aligns with Green Star...


Supporting young people to navigate the climate crisis
University of Melbourne has worked with children and young people aged 12-25 in Victoria, Australia to co-design a strengths-based...


Becoming DisasterSmart
ResilientCo is working with municipalities through our DisasterSmart program to help them prepare for, manage and recover from complex...


Preparing for another La Nina
This summer, the focus is once again on flood and storms in some parts of Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology has declared the third La...


Supporting resilience in communities
A collaborative program aims to strengthen the capability of an ‘at risk’ community to respond to future shocks and stresses such as...


Multicultural Emergency Management Partnership
Well done to the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) for their work supporting emergency preparedness and resilience among...


Navigating the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) domain
Companies of all sizes are operating in more pressured, more scrutinised, and ever-more complex environments. Having a strong...


Exercise WhiteClaw – supporting communities
The 2019/20 Victorian fires, which had a devastating impact on areas in the North East, tested the ability of smaller municipalities in...


Welcome to ResilientCo!
Welcome to ResilientCo! We’ve been working behind the scenes on a name change that better represents the work we do, the way we do it,...


Yarra Ranges Storm Event
Devastating storms struck communities across Victoria in June 2021, with a profound impact on the communities of the Yarra Ranges. The...
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