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Building community resilience and regeneration is what we do.
We educate, train, inform, support, mentor, implement, respond, research, influence, partner with and facilitate connections.
We’re rolling out a pilot CCR (Community Carers and Responders) project on the greater Sunshine Coast area!
Plan C is now in the process of establishing a pilot Community Carers and Responders (CCR) Network in the greater Sunshine Coast (namely Gympie, Maryborough and Noosa Regional Council local government area).
The CCR Network aims to increase the preparedness, response, recovery of participating communities, and in doing so enhance mental health, social capital, and disaster resilience of participating individuals and communities.
This pilot project in Queensland is funded thanks to Country to Coast Queensland (CCQ), a Primary Health Network and a registered charity. Stay tuned!
NextGen Navigators: our way to strengthen youth disaster resilience
We've been busy in the background redesigning the CCR (Community Carers and Responders) program to adapt it to the needs and constraints of our youth. We will be piloting our new youth-focused disaster resilience network with Southern Cross University students in June, Mullumbimby High School students in July and another high school before the end of the year.
Our young volunteers will receive training in disaster skills and knowledge, first aid and CPR, psychological first aid, bushcraft skills and planning community building projects. We've renamed the Young CCR to NextGen Navigator because our aim is to not only build disaster resilience skills and knowledge, but also help identify pathways to other opportunities to contribute to community, including SES, RFS, Marine Rescue, Australian Red Cross and OzGreen.
We are delighted with the support and interest stakeholders, community members and students have expressed. Looking forward to sharing updates with you as the first pilot kicks off soon!
Rising Together
Thanks to the generous support of the Northern Rivers Community Foundation, we are hosting 11 empowering events aimed at supporting our community to transition from flood recovery to disaster resilience.
The Rising Together gatherings will take place across the 7 Northern Rivers LGAs. They will give you a chance to make connections, exchange insights on community challenges, and bolster our resilience together. We have been collaborating with community members to make these gatherings meaningful for YOUR community. At each gathering we will also have time to share stories and good food. Find out more here:
Is the Northern Rivers food system resilient?
In the face of already numerous adversities, the Northern Rivers of NSW is grappling with yet another concern: food security. Floods, bushfires, and the ongoing impact of the COVID pandemic have exposed vulnerabilities in the area's food system.
We have conducted a new study, in partnership with UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures and Wild Community, and with funding from the Northern Rivers Community Foundation, to address these issues by exploring the state of food chains in the Northern Rivers.
One of the major findings of the study is the lack of a coordinated government approach to disaster food security, with the burden of addressing food insecurity falling on the community.
Our study presents ten key recommendations for transitioning to a circular food economy in the Northern Rivers.
Facing Up: how do we live in the midst of the climate and ecological crises?
JOIN the conversation!
Facing Up was a series of trauma-informed conversations that focused on the social, economic, cultural, political, emotional and spiritual consequences of the ecological crisis.
In a series of public conversations, held monthly from March to November 2023, some of Australia’s leading thinkers considered our place in a rapidly transformed world, and how we might think, feel and act in ways that are grounded, empowering and life-affirming.
We invite you to listen to the recordings of these ground-breaking conversations here.
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