The 2021/2022 review of the National Resilience Strategy and the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 represents an opportunity to transform the way we think about our collective responsibility and role in building and maintaining resilient communities.
This submission sets out evidence and insight and illustrates how the VCS can form an integral part of a collaborative, cross system response to planning and responding to emergencies.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has dramatically altered the assumptions around emergency planning and responses. The Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership expanded its work considerably through 2020 and 2021, bringing national and local voluntary sector organisations together to construct a multi-tier framework of communication, intelligence and support. This report by the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University draws its findings from the accounts of 170 local infrastructure organisations.
Read MoreThank you to everyone who rallied around at short notice to provide support to the families arriving from Afghanistan. Read the latest draft of the VCSEP's submission for the National Resilience Strategy Review and updates from the partners.
Read MoreThe British Red Cross’ report, Ready for the future: meeting people’s needs in an emergency, looks at whether the current systems, structures and legislation around emergencies in the UK are people-centred and effective in an emergency.
The research highlights where change is needed and offers recommendations for improvement across seven themes.
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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