by renae | Sep 17, 2021
While we are all living and working apart, online connections are the best way to connect right now – and a cup of coffee doesn’t hurt either! Each week the Blue Mountains Business Community Resilience Project team is catching up for a virtual coffee with...
by renae | Aug 10, 2021
When a disaster happens, typically around 40% of businesses don’t ever reopen. And those that haven’t reopened in five days have usually closed within two years. This was the case in the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009. The result? In some...
by mel | Jul 22, 2021
Why Community-led resilience is important Community-led resilience is important because people need to be able to rely on their community to help them if the need should arise and to be a support system for each other. Additionally for communities to be effectively...
by emma | Jul 7, 2021
Business continuity plans aren’t enough Businesses in Northern NSW have been greatly impacted by recent disasters – flood, drought and bushfires – with more to come. No doubt many of these businesses have business continuity plans in place. But while such...
by renae | Jun 29, 2021
8 steps to make disasters everybody’s business (part 1) Like it or not, disasters are here to stay. If the Covid-19 pandemic has made one thing clear, it’s that no business is completely protected from disasters. As for dealing with one disaster at a time? Not...
by renae | Jun 23, 2021
The NSW bushfires of summer 2019-2020 inflicted significant damage to an estimated 80% of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area, destroying wildlife and causing stress and trauma to people who live there, as well as hurting the local economy. There are over 5,500...
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