Our friends at Resilient Lismore are hosting an online seminar, ‘Meet Your Local Emergency Managers’, on Tuesday 23 September 2025, 2:30–4:00pm (via Teams). It’s a chance to learn who does what in a local emergency, hear directly from SES, Police and RFS leaders, and explore how community groups can connect into emergency management structures. Plenty of time for Q&A.

DisasterWise, in collaboration with Resilient Lismore has launched The Community Congress 2025, a powerful national online gathering on Friday 19 September.

Plan C's founder, Jean Renouf, will be there alongside other Northern Rivers community leaders. This event has been created and led by people with lived experience of climate-related disasters and those supporting grassroots community groups…

In times of crisis, we have a choice: do we prepare as survivalists, focused only on ourselves? Or do we embrace a relationist ethos, recognising that true resilience is built through relationships; caring for each other, the land, and our communities?

Plan C and The Returning are offering a five-day Culture Camp in October, where disaster resilience is grounded in connection, shared knowledge, and Indigenous ways of being and doing. We’d love you to attend…

A huge congratulations to our latest cohort of Community Carer and Responder (CCR) graduates from Main Arm! These amazing individuals have completed their training, now equipped with the skills and knowledge to lead and support their communities through disasters.

Plan C warmly invites all carers, support workers and people living with a disability to join us for an inclusive, practical workshop designed to start the conversation on disaster preparedness. In each session, participants will…

Preparing with Pride is a series of Sunday workshops in Lismore for LGBTQIA+ community and their supportive allies.

Partnering with our friends at The Tropical Fruits Inc, join Plan C in September for a 3-part LGBTQIA+ community disaster resilience series funded by a Northern Rivers Community Foundation Community Grant.

We’ll explore these topics through a queer lens…

This week at Mullumbimby High, young people on our Surviving Disasters course created their own disaster zines, cutting, glueing, doodling, and designing pages that explored floods, bushfires, and what it means to be ready.

Get in touch now for term 4 at your school!

Year 11 have loved stepping up to learn hands-on disaster preparedness skills with Plan C. From tackling misinformation and division online to how to help your mates with psychological first aid and learning how to build shelters and survive out in the bush!

We've got another full calendar coming up. Have a look at the overview below or head to our events page for more details!

As part of our Inclusive and Accessible initiative, we're partnering with the Kurrachee Co-operative Society in Coraki to deliver disaster preparedness workshops tailored to the needs of underrepresented communities.

We just finished another round of Community Carers and Responders (CCR) training, this time in Murwillumbah. Here's some feedback from day 1 of the training…

So far, it's been a rich year already for internal training too…

For our inclusive and accessible project, instead of focusing on numbers, we’ve been focused on meeting real needs through place-based, values-led workshops.

Working with young people in the wake of multiple disasters has shown us both what’s possible and what’s hard. Our Surviving Disasters: Northern Rivers youth training has thoughtfully taken shape, guided by young people themselves. We started with insightful student consultants at Evans River High, who helped rename the program and shape how we approach youth resilience. Along the way, we’ve seen powerful moments, like Randy (pictured), who used his training to support his uncle during a snakebite and helped his family prepare calmly for Cyclone Alfred.

We’ve got a full and meaningful calendar ahead, with opportunities to connect, learn and prepare together across the Northern Rivers. So, before we start reflecting, we'd like to share what's happening because, there's a lot! From disaster preparedness to community care and pride-focused resilience, upcoming highlights include…

Surviving Disasters: Northern Rivers is off to Kyogle for a four-day school holiday program. In partnership with local youth agencies, the program will combine practical workshops in disaster preparedness with hands-on bush survival skills and first aid — giving young people the tools and confidence to face future challenges.

After years of leading Plan C through its start-up years and into a new phase of growth, Jean Renouf has made the decision to step down as CEO.

This Pride Month, Plan C is proud to announce a new partnership with The Tropical Fruits Inc to deliver disaster resilience workshops designed by and for the LGBTIQ+ community.

Over the past month, we’ve been speaking with carers, disability support workers, and people who support those living with disability to help shape our next round of disaster resilience workshops. These conversations have been honest, generous and incredibly helpful. We’re really grateful to everyone who took part!

We’ve been honoured to be invited into the Jubullum community, which is a small Aboriginal village near Tabulam on Wahlubul Country, in the western Bundjalung Nation.