Join our director Robyn Knox on Thursday 13 February, 2025, for a Webinar hosted by the Emergency Services Times asking ‘How can we break the cycle of failing to learn from incidents.’
The webinar explores potential for closer connections between blue light services and the voluntary and community sector to deliver part of the change needed to help us put people and communities at the heart of emergency planning, response and recovery, from the start.
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Yesterday (February 5, 2025) the government met with bereaved relatives and survivors from the Grenfell Tower fire. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced a decision to demolish the tower. A formal announcement by the government is expected tomorrow (Friday).
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The UK Government’s Civil Society Covenant represents a compelling opportunity to transform the relationship between government and the voluntary and community sector (VCS). In consultation with umbrella bodies NCVO and ACEVO a framework for the covenant has been laid out, committing to collaboration, mutual respect, and shared accountability.
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How Suffolk’s LRF and VCS have implemented lessons to better understand each other.
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September’s bulletin reflects on the responses that took place over the summer as well as takeaways from recent public inquiry reports including the Covid-19 and Grenfell Tower inquiries.
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VCS Emergencies Partnership and London Communities Emergencies Partnership joint response to Phase Two report of Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry.
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July’s bulletin reflects on a busy few weeks with a headline-grabbing election night, a new government, the King’s speech and the publication of the Covid-19 Inquiry first module recommendations.
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June’s bulletin explores the key themes from our first Knowledge and Insight Exchange on extreme heat capabilities, provides updates on recent government resilience initiatives and shares our newly updated heatwave preparedness resource page.
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May’s bulletin shares exercising opportunities for community organisations, explores the issue of spontaneous donations during emergency responses and reflects on the National Conference on Societal Resilience held in March.
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Back in March, the National Consortium for Societal Resilience hosted their second national conference in Manchester. Bringing together partners from policy and practice and across sectors, the two-day event provided space for over 170 participants to share insight, identify opportunities to collaborate and work in partnership, and explore how together we can enhance societal resilience.
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March’s bulletin shares a fantastic example of partnership working in Plymouth and reflects on the National Conference on Societal Resilience held in Manchester earlier this month.
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February’s bulletin focuses on Tackling Inequality and Inequity in emergencies, reflecting on our recent Capability Building Event and highlighting news and reports.
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UK Community Foundations have published their annual report Philanthropy 2023 which highlights the determination of UK communities to overcome the financial crisis and the root causes of social inequity through local philanthropic activities.
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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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