Introducing the Northern Rivers Community Carers and Responders Network.
This project aims to support greater crisis prevention, preparedness, response and recovery at the community level.
It seeks to achieve this by setting up a network of 300+ volunteer Community Carers and Responders (CCRs) across the Ballina, Byron, Tweed, Kyogle, Lismore and Richmond Valley LGAs who form a trained, connected and empowered network of community leaders and neighborhood activators, dedicated to improving community cohesion and disaster resilience.
This project is funded by Resilience NSW and developed by Plan C in partnership with disaster agencies and local community organisations. It is essentially an initiative which recognises the gaps in integrated community-led disaster care and response, and aims to provide a solution in the form of an official from the ground-up community crisis role.
If you’ve ever wanted to be a volunteer, the Community Carers and Responders might be where you can lend a hand.
Community Carers and Responders (CCR) support people by assisting with critical aspects of community building and disaster resilience. Volunteers receive free training in first aid and psychological first aid. They also learn about disaster resilience and community wellbeing, plus food, water, energy and housing security.
CCRs contribute to building community resilience and implement resilience projects of their own inspiration to support an atmosphere of caring within the community, and become conduits between emergency agencies and the community when needed.
The following are the key places to find more information including dates for the training in each Shire:
facebook.com/communitycarersandresponders
instagram.com/communitycarersandresponders
This is the video we have circulated on social media of Jean announcing that applications are open...
If you are interested in meeting to find out more about this project, providing input of any kind, please check out our dedicated CCR project website.