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NEW TRAINING: wellbeing in emergencies
We’ve developed a new training session with disaster recovery expert and clinical psychologist David Younger. This one is specifically...
Walking through Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country
We’ve been so privileged to have spent some time walking through, better understanding and reconnecting with Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung...
Climate Change and Emergency Management
Climate change presents an evolving challenge for governments, organisations and communities. Climate-related hazards often lead to...
Building C.R.E.W in communities
The four characteristics we seek to build or support in communities is C.R.E.W. Connection. Â Respect and Inclusion. Empowerment. Wisdom....
Scaling Community Resilience Building through partnerships
ResilientCo Managing Director Brett Ellis outlines the opportunity with the development of The Resilience Canopy in this article. In the...
Moving towards a Resilient Recovery
We've been working alongside East Gippsland Shire Council to help re-set their 2019/2020 bushfires recovery focus. In the years since the...
The Six Step Future Ready Communities Model
At the heart of the ResilientCo Six-Step Future Ready Communities Model is a commitment to empowering communities, assisting them to...
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...
Valuing social capital in disasters
Professor Daniel Aldrich generously shared his knowledge and research about building social capital and the important role it plays in...
Building a pathway to resilience in Millgrove
It’s been a pleasure to support the Millgrove community and all the volunteers who have pitched in to support the April Millgrove Muster....
Meet the RCO team - Brett Ellis
Name: Brett Ellis Specialty: Resilience building in organisations and communities. Helping others to think outside the square. Bringing...
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 - Natalie Staaks
Specialty: I’m a crisis and disaster resilience specialist. That means I work with clients and communities across a number of usually...
Surf Coast building on the strengths of the systems in place
We’ve spent a bit of time at the beach recently (kind of literally), working with a couple of very switched on councils keen to...
It's a marathon not a sprint
Reflections from ResilientCo Managing Director Brett Ellis : It’s a marathon not a sprint. I’ve heard those words a lot in the Ganawarra...
Local government in partnership
Recently the ResilientCo team headed out to Colac to conduct a tabletop discussion exercise with the Otway District Emergency Management...
Benchmarking resilience as a business
ResilientCo was recently engaged by a retail property group to deliver a Community Resilience Plan that aligns with Green Star...
Supporting young people to navigate the climate crisis
University of Melbourne has worked with children and young people aged 12-25 in Victoria, Australia to co-design a strengths-based...
Supporting resilience in communities
A collaborative program aims to strengthen the capability of an ‘at risk’ community to respond to future shocks and stresses such as...
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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