Please note, this is a FREE online event for anyone with an interest in community resilience.
Booking for our FREE Devon Community Resilience Forum virtual sessions is now open.
All sessions are open to Devon's Town and Parish councils, community emergency planning groups, flood wardens/flood groups, snow wardens, and community representatives interested in resilience and community emergency planning. Sign up for as many sessions you can like - or any you can make. We recommend all session attendees also attend our Keynote address.
Sign up to sessions here:
Wednesday 2nd December Sessions
9.45 - 10.15 Keynote; the importance of community emergency planning in a unique winter
This winter faces unique challenges with the global pandemic, effects of lockdown, and usual winter issues. Simon Kitchen, head of the Communities Team at Devon County Council provides this keynote address
10.30-11.30 -Preparing for Winter – a session with Devon County Council Highways
12:00-12:45 – “The new normal”; communicating via Zoom. A session to help local communities enhance and continue their meetings and activities using Zoom.
14:00-15:00– Learning from Lockdown; a community case study from Swimbridge
15:30-16:30 Challenges faced by people with hearing loss in an emergency – a session from Action for Hearing Loss
Thursday 3rd December Sessions
10:30-11:30 – Pathfinder to property protection – understanding how the Pathfinder project will help raise awareness and access to property flood resilience measures.
12:00–13:00 The Flood Action Campaign. A new campaign form the Environment.
14:00-15:00 – No room at the shelter?; How to ensure your community emergency rest centre can be operationalized with maximum COVID security
