In it’s second full year of operation, the London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP) has had a busy year.
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This report, Riots to Resilience: Five ways to turn lessons into action, compiles the stories and experiences of 80 Emergencies Partnership partners during the racist and Islamophobic riots of August 2024.
From speaking to a range of local and national voluntary and community sector partners, as well as statutory partners, it highlights what worked and what was missing, and develops that learning into five ways communities can be more resilient in future.
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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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Volunteers from charities, community and faith groups are ready today for another push tonight in response to a week of freezing weather, rain, snow and flooding, which has swept across England and the rest of the UK since the start of this year.
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The Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCS Emergencies Partnership) has announced the appointment of Tom Watkins for a five-month secondment from Communities 1st, as head of insight.
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If you, your organisation, or the people you work with and for were impacted directly or indirectly by the racism and Islamophobia that took place over August, we would like to hear about your experiences.
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People arriving from Lebanon on an evacuation flight chartered by the British Government have been supported by volunteers providing practical items, emotional support and information.
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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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The London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP) are seeking proposals from an organisation or individual to deliver a research project that will provide recommendations on how best to map the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) and its offer during an emergency in London.
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In July, we held our latest Capability Building Event as we explored the volunteering landscape in 2023.
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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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