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.
Read MoreAt 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.
Read MoreAt 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.
Read MoreAddressing emergencies in London is demanding. The scale and complexity of the city, as well as the huge range and diversity of its charities and community groups, requires significant resources, knowledge and information sharing. It also needs organisations with expertise in emergency response as well as charities and groups with vital local knowledge about communities who can apply this when an emergency strikes..
Read MoreIn 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
Read MoreThis report traces the evolution of the Emergencies Partnership beyond the pandemic establishing our role in a broader range of emergencies. Having started to implement some of the learning from the last two years, we understand more about what makes the most difference for our partners and the people we all seek to support.
Read MoreThe Emergencies Partnership were requested by the Home Office to provide additional help co-ordinating sector support for the Afghan arrivals and the wrap around support for the bridging accommodation.
A critical role that the Partnership played was the effective co-ordination at each stage of support required for the situation. We connected partners - collecting the donations that have come in from generous members of the public, sorting them for use, to packaging and distribution of these to the quarantine hotels – so that together we have been able to meet the needs of the evacuees.
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