Our May 2023 bulletin focused on Emergencies Partnership's response to the people fleeing the conflict in Sudan, planning for extreme weather, counterterrorism, and the continuing cost-of-living crisis.
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Details on the new Emergency Alerts System, plus translated resources to help you get the message out to your non-English speaking communities, a round-up of all the cost-of-living insights bulletins, our upcoming capability building event on the National Resilience Framework and Major Incident Response Lessons.
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In the final bulletin in this series, we focus on the how rising costs are affecting health outcomes, detailing the individual and systemic problems faced by those disproportionately impacted.
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The UK government’s new Emergency Alerts system is now live. The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile phone when lives are in danger. It will be used to warn you in the event of emergencies, such as severe flooding.
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In the third bulletin in this series, we discuss the link between mental health and the cost-of-living crisis. The impact of this on the most vulnerable groups, actions taken by the government and partner activity and resources to help resolve the issue.
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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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Emergencies Partnership Director, Robyn Knox attended and spoke at the National Consortium for Societal Resilience – 2023 Conference, with the collective challenge in the room being the pathway to turn a national ambition for societal resilience into reality at a local level. With representatives from academics, voluntary sector, business, health, national government representatives alongside local authority and resilience representatives, Robyn shares her reflections and key takeaways for VCS partners
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Learn about our partner hub, packed with resources, the government’s new emergency alert system that will be tested in April 2023, the details of our next network call on Martyn’s Law and the impact of that on VCS organisations and find out how you can become the next director of the Emergencies Partnership.
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Food insecurity levels spiked at the start of the Pandemic, started to marginally improve but then were even more sharply exacerbated by the Cost-of-Living crisis. In January 2023, 24.4% of households with children reported food insecurity in the past month. Find out which social groups are affected, what partners are doing and how data can be used to effectively serve the hardest-impacted communities.
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In Wakefield 11,994 volunteers, donate 863,574 hours contributing £11,735,970. Wakefield is the 54th most deprived District in England out of 317 with 17.7% of the district’s population living in neighbourhoods amongst the top 10% most deprived in England.
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Find out how organisations from the Emergencies Partnership came together to help increase the number of volunteers to support the Felix Project during the busy Christmas season
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The British Red Cross report celebrates the UK’s response to people fleeing Ukraine while highlighting areas needing urgent attention.
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In our first series of Insight briefings on the Cost-of-Living Crisis, we are sharing good practice and lessons related to fuel poverty – and the actions of partners in response, with particular focus on Warm Space Provision.
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Mike has been a key architect of the VCS Emergencies Partnership from its inception after the Grenfell fire and Manchester Arena attacks, throughout the pandemic and in the space the Partnership now holds in the post-COVID-19 resilience landscape. He will remain in post until a new CEO is in place - expected in late 2023
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Situational updates on Türkiye and Syria, Cost of living resources and more information about grants for community groups, Winter Pressure updates on Warm Spaces and Norovirus and details on upcoming events and exercises across the sector.
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At a panel discussion in January 2023, a number of our partners shared their experiences, good practice and lessons learnt from running Warm Spaces for their communities. We also interviewed Aneta Wujek, Policy and Networks Coordinator at Communities 1st, about their experiences of warm spaces and what they are learning about the challenges facing people in their communities.
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This report, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport explores the lessons learnt throughout the VCSEP’s transition from being primarily focussed on supporting the voluntary and community sector response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to supporting the voluntary and community sector develop their emergency preparedness approaches and skills.
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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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NHS critical support, cold weather alerts, winter preparedness, energy bill discount scheme for VCS organisations and more information on our next capability event on the National Risk Register and Warm Spaces.
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NHS critical support, cold weather alerts, winter preparedness, energy bill discount scheme for VCS organisations and more information on our next capability event on the National Risk Register and Warm Spaces.
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