RediCommunities
Working alongside communities to strengthen resilience and prepare for disasters.
RediCommunities is an Australian Red Cross facilitated program that empowers high hazard risk communities to develop and implement their own disaster resilience action plans and implement high-impact initiatives.
Our approach is evidence-based and informed by our network of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies worldwide and our domestic experience working with communities impacted by disasters.
We’ve developed our unique 5-phase Model for Strengthening Community Resilience, recognising that every community is different, so this approach is flexible, iterative, and responsive to community needs and priorities as these evolve and/or emerge.
Acknowledging that local communities know their own history, strengths, risks, people, resources, capacities and geographical location best, RediCommunities embeds an Australian Red Cross officer within a Local Government Area (LGA) throughout the two year program to provide on the ground leadership, guidance, facilitation & support every step of the way - so communities can develop the skills needed to lead their own resilience initiatives for years to come.
Our approach to working at a community-level combines our psychosocial expertise in the disaster context with our 110+ year history of mobilising people to ensure that communities are given the proper support they need as we build their capacity to ultimately lead resilience initiatives on their own - far beyond the two year program.
RediCommunities
5-phase model for strengthening community resilience
Through the efforts of the RediCommunities program, [our community] has experienced substantial positive change. Not only has the program bolstered resilience, but it has also fostered a stronger sense of unity, cooperation, and overall well-being within the community. The value of this work in [our community] has been significant.
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So, I think the RediCommunities program has strengthened the community, not just in an emergency response space, but also more broadly for some of those general things that as a community we might face as the minor week to week challenges. I think the outputs have probably exceeded the initial intent of the program.
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