London Resilience Update - November 2024
Welcome to the November 2024 London Resilience Update. With the winter now already upon us, you’ll find in this update everything you need in terms of winter preparedness to equip you and your communities for the coming colder months.
On the horizon we have the launch of our report on social cohesion with Protection Approaches, on Monday 2nd December: Building Resilient Communities: the case for social cohesion. We’ll also be hosting a workshop on flooding in London and the London Surface Water Strategy on Thursday 5th December. Secure your place here.
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In this update you’ll find information on:
- Winter preparedness resources
- London Fire Brigade risk assessment focus group
- Migrant Londoners research survey
- Summer reflections
- LCEP engagement survey
- Free events, workshops and training
WINTER PREPAREDNESS
As we head further into the winter months, we highlight some helpful resources and support available on winter preparedness. Please do share with your communities.
Every year, the London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP) hosts a winter preparedness workshop to help charities and community groups prepare for the colder months. This year, the workshop was organised alongside the London Boroughs Faiths Network.
With speakers from the Met Office, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Age UK London, British Red Cross, and more, you can watch the presentation and access additional resources here. LCEP also has a bank of cold weather resources, from Cold Health Alerts to supporting vulnerable people, on their Climate Hub.
We’d like to once again share the the Met Office’s WeatherReady bank of materials dedicated to potential issues arising from severe weather, including what to do in a flood and how to get your home and property winter ready.
Additionally, the GLA also has a Cost of Living Hub, which contains helpful information around managing increases in fuel costs, family childcare and food support, and much more.
LONDON FIRE BRIGADE RISK ASSESSMENT FOCUS GROUP
Each year London Fire Brigade (LFB) produces an Assessment of Risk using data to categorise their current understanding of the risks affecting London.
Part of the Assessment of Risk is a section on the public perception of risk - what communities across London say they feel are the biggest concerns in their own lives. LFB are holding a public focus group, where they will speak to attendees about different risks, and record how concerned people feel about each one. The results will form part of the public perception of risk section of LFB’s Assessment of Risk 2025 – ensuring communities’ voices are at the centre of the planning.
The session will be hosted online on Thursday 5th December 2024, and you can sign up at this link.
MIGRANT LONDONERS RESEARCH SURVEY
The London Resilience Unit has commissioned a new Community Resilience Migrant Londoners Research and Engagement Project.
Insights gained from this project will help us understand the role of organisations in supporting the resilience of migrant Londoner communities, and their engagement with formal resilience structures for London. To take part, complete this survey and be entered into a £100 prize draw here.
SUMMER REFLECTIONS
Read the LCEP reflections on their summer responses, which included learning from the Grenfell Inquiry phase two report and responding to racist riots over summer.
On 20th November, the ‘After the Riots’ Summit saw cohesion organisations Belong, British Future and the Together Coalition bring together cohesion experts and grassroots practitioners from across the country to the London summit, to discuss this summer’s racist disorder and how to build greater cohesion and resilience in communities to prevent it happening again. You can read about the summit and the ‘After the Riots’ report here.
LCEP ENGAGEMENT SURVEY
LCEP are asking everyone who has engaged with them in 2024 to complete a quick survey. It’ll only takes 10 minutes of your time, and it will enable them to see where they are making a difference and where they need to improve.
UPCOMING EVENTS
BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: THE CASE FOR SOCIAL COHESION
Join the London Resilience Unit for the launch of this timely report, produced by Protection Approaches, exploring the role of social cohesion in enhancing community resilience.
Based on in-depth research including consultation with over one hundred community and faith organisations in London, the report draws from the capital’s diverse experiences to offer insights with broad implications for resilience-building across the UK. Register online on Zoom now.
Date: Monday 2nd December 2024
Time: 14:00-15:00
Location: Online (Zoom)
FLOODING IN LONDON: THE LONDON SURFACE WATER STRATEGY
Join the London Resilience Unit for a workshop on the new London Surface Water Strategy, designed to help support London against flooding. This workshop is for community and faith partners. Secure your place here.
Date: Thursday 5th December 2024
Time: 14:00-15:30
Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)
HOW TO DO A RISK ASSESSMENT: ETHICAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION
Ethical Property Foundation are hosting a free workshop: How to do a risk assessment of your charity building. Sign up to secure your place.
Date: Tuesday 10th December 2024
Time: 12:00
Location: Online (Zoom)
THE MEDIA’S ROLE IN RACIST RIOTS: RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION WEBINAR
The Race Equality Foundation, with a coalition of partners including the Muslim Charities Forum, are hosting a workshop: 'The Media’s Role: Narratives and Rhetoric of the Racist Riots'. This is the final session in the four-part series ‘Responding to the Racist Riots.’
This last webinar will explore the impact of enduring Islamophobic and racist narratives - both before and in the aftermath of the riots - and will examine the media’s role in perpetuating this harmful rhetoric. The session will also open up a discussion on what steps the voluntary sector and public sector can take to push back and challenge these harmful narratives. Secure your place here.
Date: Thursday 12th December 2024
Time: 16:30
Location: Online (Zoom)
FREE COMMUNITIES PREPARED TRAINING
Free Communities Prepared training on various topics including Community Emergency Planning two part workshops and Cold Weather Awareness and Preparedness are available throughout December.
You can view the full library here.
FREE SECURITY TRAINING
SAFE (Security Advice for Everyone) shares Community Security Trust’s knowledge and expertise with community and faith groups outside that are vulnerable to violence, extremism or hate crime.
Find a fill list of free workshops, which you can access here.
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