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"We're All In This Together"
Our Managing Director Brett Ellis presented at the New South Wales Rural Fire Service community engagement and fire awareness conference...
Is it a crisis? If you have to ask...
We've been working with local government to deliver Crisis Management Leadership Training to executive teams to provide: Role clarity for...
Nobody panic!
Leading in a crisis can be tough. In local government, examples of this could be a disaster, a reputation issue, an organisation issue. ...
Building capacity for Community-led Relief Centres
Recently we had the pleasure of kicking off the first session to support the East Gippsland Shire Council in recruiting and training...
Presenting at the Australian Disaster Resilience Conference
Our team had the opportunity to present a poster at the Australian Disaster Resilience Conference in August telling the story of the...
Meet the RCO team - Dean Griggs
Dean Griggs GAICD has joined the ResilientCo team as one of our valued network partners, working alongside us using his strong local...
Breaking down CREW
The ResilientCo Six-Step Future Ready Communities Model is underpinned by four key community resilience characteristics: connection,...
Meet the RCO team - Sally Hutchinson
ResilientCo is pleased to welcome Sally Hutchinson to the team. Sally is the founder of SMS Marketing and combines her passion for...
Building social capital in communities
Millgrove Residents Action Group President Maureen Hallit had the chance to describe her community's journey towards resilience this week...
A Community-led Resilience Journey
Resilience and community specialist Brett Ellis began working on a resilience-focussed community engagement model shortly after the 2009...
Mustering for Millgrove
Millgrove, a small but mighty town in the Yarra Valley is having a Muster during 27-29 April. The Millgrove Muster will bring together...
Leading in Disaster Recovery
Leadership in recovery is different. Leading in Disaster Recovery A Companion Through the Chaos is a New Zealand Red Cross developed...
Meet the RCO team - Madelyn Lackman
Specialty: I specialise in disaster resilience, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development practices and principles. I work with...
The story of Millgrove and building a more resilient community
The Millgrove community in Victoria is in the top 5 most vulnerable communities in the country that is exposed to the threat of...
Meet the RCO team - Tia Baptista
Tia's specialty: I specialise in project management and stakeholder engagement; both firmly grounded within the disaster resilience and...
Meet the RCO team - Mirna Arivalagan
Mirna's specialty: I’m a data and analytics specialist. What this means is that I am able to gather information from various sources and...
Community as active emergency participants
The importance of community knowledge and connection in emergencies came through loud and clear in interviews with Gannawarra Shire...
Dreaming big in Millgrove for a resilient community
The small community of Millgrove, in Victoria, is part of a nationwide project funded by the Minderoo Foundation that promotes...
Becoming DisasterSmart
ResilientCo is working with municipalities through our DisasterSmart program to help them prepare for, manage and recover from complex...
Resilience building in communities by communities
It was great to hear Millgrove Resident Action Group President Maureen Halit on the Council Connections program for Yarra Valley FM...
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