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The Creative Arts and Disaster 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Mental Health and Wellbeing 2 months ago
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Kate_F started the topic
Supporting children after disaster in the forum Children, Youth and Families 2 months, 2 weeks ago
<p>I’m a massive fan of Emerging Minds, and in particular the Community Trauma Toolkit. If you have kids and are concerned about the impact on mental health and wellbeing following disaster, I recommend you take a look at the resources available in the toolkit;…[Read more]
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Mental Health and Wellbeing 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Just discovered the Phoenix Disaster Mental Health HUB – some brilliant resources https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/disaster-hub/leading-the-way-webinars/
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Commemorations and Memorials in the forum Community Development and Engagement 4 months, 3 weeks ago
<p>During the February Get-Together, a conversation around disaster commemorations and memorial emerged. It would be helpful if we could continue a dialogue here around what some communities have experienced from lived expeirence, along with local council and emergency services contributions.</p>
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Kate_F posted a new activity comment 5 months ago
Thanks for sharing @wade-charles – what a great resource. I’ve just watched the “Aboriginal Tradition Could Prevent Bushfire in Australia” clip – key takeaways; healthy Country, healthy people, it’s about working together, collaborating and building relationships, Firesticks are doing some brilliant work with cultural burns and caring for Country.…[Read more]
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sumarlinah are now friends 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Community Development and Engagement 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Does anyone have some resources on building inclusive communities?
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Children, Youth and Families 7 months ago
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Kate_F posted a new activity comment 7 months, 1 week ago
Incredible use of community resources to bring people in – food is always a good draw card too. Wonderful initiative @justinwall
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Steve Cameron are now friends 8 months ago
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Putting ‘community’ in community-led approaches in the forum Community-Led Approaches 8 months, 1 week ago
<p>Hello DisasterWISE Community :) just stumbled across this AIDR/Red Cross Webinar on “Putting ‘community’ in community recovery committee” – Malcolm from Strathewen is the first speaker and he highlights some incredibly valuable take-aways from the experience of Strathewen’s community-led recovery post Black Saturday. Some insights include;…[Read more]
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Kate_F posted an update in the group
Mental Health and Wellbeing 8 months, 2 weeks ago
There are some great resources out there for people who have experiened a disaster. Even though thinking of your own mental health and self-care gets pushed down the list of things to do, it is absolutely essential to take stock and invest in your mental wellbeing – for your sake and for the sake of others around you. Psychologist David Younger…[Read more]
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Kate_F posted a new activity comment 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi Wade – Welcome to the DisasterWISE Community :) Thanks for sharing info about the rapid response teams – I haven’t heard about it, but would love to learn more also. The ‘citizen’ mobile phone apps would be useful for remote communities – at the moment our community has a what’s app chat for emergencies only – a bit of an extension from the…[Read more]
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Kate_F posted a new activity comment 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi Karen – Welcome to the DisasterWISE community :)
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Community Preparedness for the Bushfire Season in the forum Disaster Preparedness 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Awesome Kerry – Our community are also doing some scenario training in the coming weeks – looking forward to sharing.
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Kate_F started the topic
The Power of Local Networks in the forum Community-Led Approaches 9 months ago
<p>Hi All – Just stumbled across this resource and found it incredibly valuable when thinking about local nertworks – although it focuses on local organisations, it could easily be read through a community-led lens. Don’t have a local resilience network in your neighbourhood? Start one! If not you, who? If not now, when?…[Read more]
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Kate_F replied to the topic
Community Preparedness for the Bushfire Season in the forum Disaster Preparedness 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Just read this article about a community-led preparedness scenario in Hobart; https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102866180
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Kate_F replied to the topic
Community Preparedness for the Bushfire Season in the forum Disaster Preparedness 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks Pete – Disaster Resilience Inc have a great range of resources by community, for community. The most recent seminar on preparing for an El-Nino summer was really useful. You can watch the recording here: https://bushfireresilience.org.au/webinar-recordings/2023-webinar-2/ They also have a resource HUB of previous webinar recordings.
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