January’s bulletin looks at 5 big themes for 2024, shares flooding resources and has details of our upcoming Capability Building Event on Tackling Inequality.
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On World Meteorological Day we look at the changes Heatwaves and Flooding have had in the UK in recent years and also how the Cost of Living crisis is now adding to the erosion of resilience and what VCS organisations need to do to help their communities prepare for these shocks.
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At the January capability building quarterly we will be focussing a session on the National Risk Register. Michelle Warburton, Strategic Lead at Salford CVS will share the lessons and actions that followed the 2015 Boxing Day Floods across Greater Manchester, and how the floods introduced better, more connected ways of working across the city regions.
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In December 2022, the Emergencies Partnership hosted a series of scenario exercises as we relaunched the regional touch points with a table top exercise designed to test and strengthen partner relationships in response to a cold weather emergency.
This page contains summary points from the discussions and resources
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The BRC report, explores the experiences of communities impacted most severely by flooding in the UK and those who may be at risk in the future. It highlights the need for improvements in policy and practice that will ensure people are better prepared for, and can recover more quickly from, flooding in the future.
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Our response to Omicron, Winter pressures and flooding. Register for our next event on Spontaneous Volunteer Management and read Anna Pashley’s blog on the importance of adapting and working together.
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Join us for the first of our quarterly skills sharing events on flooding preparedness, read VCSEP’s submission to the National Resilience Strategy and meet our new local lead organisations.
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