Mentor or be mentored, that is the question
We are thrilled to announce that our Community Resilience Mentoring (CRM) project for the Northern Rivers has begun. The Community Resilience Mentoring Program is funded by Healthy North Coast (HNC) through the North Coast PHN Program.
Our goal is to build on our Community Carers and Responders program to further increase the capacity of residents in Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Tweed Shires by offering and facilitating mentoring to get their community resilience-building projects off the ground!
Jean Renouf, CEO of Plan C, says that “The project has been designed in recognition of the fact that many residents of the Northern Rivers wish to contribute to the increased resilience of their community to future disasters, but aren’t knowledgeable, confident, equipped or connected enough to do so.”
We understand that sometimes a little extra support from just the right person is all that's needed to make a project successful! We’ve partnered with Sourdough Business Pathways (SBP) to use their proven mentoring methodology and tools which enable us to directly mentor 20 community members, who have high-impact projects, on community resilience-building.
We also facilitate the mentoring of 60 community members on resilience-building skills by other community members. There are so many skills, experience and qualifications that already exist in our community and we believe this is an excellent opportunity to share these skills and build more caring and more resilient communities.
In addition, we will be offering mentoring opportunities to local organisations that will build their resilience, enabling them to be ready to do what they do best when the next disaster arises.
Community members and organisations receive personalised, on-going, in-depth support, addressing intersecting aspects of community resilience-building. We capture tools and knowledge developed throughout the program and share them with the 80 community members and the public to support them in future projects.
Lastly, we will be organising community resilience-building events with resilience experts as guest speakers, to increase the knowledge of the 80 community members and the public.
Jean Renouf says the mentoring, events and knowledge sharing will “contribute to bringing closer together residents from across the Northern Rivers, and build trust and social support.”
If you seek to be mentored, apply here and/or if you wish to become a mentor check this page. Thank you!
Once you have got started, we have lots of resources to help you in the mentoring process here. We look forward to hearing from you.