Help a Local Community
Connected communities are resilient communities. We work with communities to build connections and resilience to help you survive disasters.
Helping communities before, during and after disasters
Connected communities are the foundation to resilience. The more connected communities are, the more resilient they’ll be.
Our communities are now facing disasters like never before. It’s not unusual for communities to be preparing for a new disaster, while still recovering from the last one.
It’s important communities lead their own recovery. But they need support to build connections and local resilience.
We work with local councils, neighbourhood houses, community centres, not-for-profits and groups of individuals. Together we identify gaps and build place-based resilience.
We build local capabilities through:
- Community resilience programs
- Private sector partnerships
- Effective governance
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Book in for a FREE phone or video call with one of our experts to learn how we can support your local community to build local resilience.
FAQs
What is Help a Local Community?
Help a Local Community (HALC) is a program developed by corporate2community to support resilient and thriving communities.
We work with local leaders in communities to identify solutions to build disaster resilience, preparedness, response and recovery solutions.
Working across all types of natural and unnatural disasters we help communities embrace local capabilities and vulnerabilities, while recognising gaps and opportunities.
Our core focus is to build local community capabilities and support community-led resilience and recovery building.
What types of solutions does Help a Local Community offer?
Community leaders or members can book in for a FREE no obligation 15-minute phone or video chat with one of our corporate2community (C2C) experts.
During this chat we listen to what your community needs and suggest solutions of how we may be able to help.
If as a result you decide that C2C is the right fit to help your community, we then work with your community leaders to co-design the solution into a program that will deliver positive outcomes to meet your community needs.
During this process we clearly outline who is responsible for what, including what C2C experts will deliver and what will need to be out-sourced, with a preference for locally-led delivery at all times.
We will support your community leaders with paperwork for grant or other funding applications made by your community. Then once funding is received, we help your community to deliver the program as outlined in the co-designed solution.
Where does the funding for solutions come from?
Funding to help community resilience, preparedness, response and recovery is available from many avenues.
Typically funding comes from local government procurement, state or federal government grants, philanthropic grants or corporate goodwill.
As we co-design solutions with your community leaders we will identify what role corporate2community (C2C) will play to support delivery of the program. Our aim is for most of the program delivery to be locally-led with our role to fill the gaps and provide support.
The costs associated with both C2C and the local community to deliver the program will be included in the funding proposals. This will be different for each community and each solution.
Who from corporate2community will help us?
At corporate2community we have a collective of experts who can support your business community needs. We will connect you with the most appropriate person depending on the co-designed solution to be developed for your business community.
Who can seek Help a Local Community help?
We welcome leaders or members from community resilience and recovery committees, community associations, local government authorities or other community groups or networks.
All our support is community-led and community benefit.
Unfortunately, we cannot support individuals seeking help.
Will you collaborate with existing service providers?
Absolutely. The core foundation of corporate2community is to lead collaborations. We are more than happy to work with any existing suppliers you have to fill the gap in building resilience, preparedness, response or recovery to disasters.
During our initial chat we will ask you if you have providers already delivering the service so we can identify their role and include them in the co-design of the solution.
We are interested, what are the next steps?
Click on the Ask How or Book Now button on this website page and you can book in a FREE 15 minute no obligation phone or video chat with one of our experts to learn how we can support your local community.
How does Help a Local Community work?
Community leaders or members can book in for a FREE no obligation 15-minute phone or video chat with one of our corporate2community (C2C) experts.
During this chat we listen to what your community needs and suggest solutions of how we may be able to help.
If as a result you decide that C2C is the right fit to help your community, we then work with your community leaders to co-design the solution into a program that will deliver positive outcomes to meet your community needs.
During this process we clearly outline who is responsible for what, including what C2C experts will deliver and what will need to be out-sourced, with a preference for locally-led delivery at all times.
We will support your community leaders with paperwork for grant or other funding applications made by your community. Then once funding is received, we help your community to deliver the program as outlined in the co-designed solution.
Is Help a Local Community restricted to bushfire recovery?
No. Help a Local Community helps business communities seeking to build resilience or recover from all types of natural and unnatural disasters. We listen to your local community needs, work with your community leaders to co-design solutions and support your community to seek funding to deliver the programs.
How much do the co-designed solutions cost?
Every community has different needs. As we work with your community leaders to co-design a solution to help your local community we will identify what costs will be incurred.
These may include project co-ordination costs, local capability building training costs or local engagement costs. We are fully transparent with all costs that will be incurred by corporate2community and other external providers to support the delivery of any programs.
How can corporate2community help during COVID-19 restrictions?
Our core aim is to support local community resilience, preparedness, response and recovery to natural and unnatural disasters in your community.
To achieve this, the majority of our role won’t be reliant on us having to visit your community – although we will likely want to!
During the COVID restrictions we will connect with you via phone and video conversations to understand your needs and co-design solutions. We will work with you to identify the best way for us to support your local business community to implement any funded programs. This will likely include support from us with activation from a local business leader or team of leaders.
Are there other organisations already offering this kind of help?
There are many organisations offering a variety of help to communities impacted by disasters. Our aim is not to replace existing help. However, our experience from working with communities over a number of years has identified gaps in community needs and service providers.
Help a Local Community is about supporting community leaders in a strategic whole-of-community collective approach to ensure they can access the help they need to build thriving and resilient communities.
How do you define a community?
A community is a collective of individuals who seek to build resilience or are recovering from disasters. This can be community associations, networks or groups of individuals with a common focus.
We work with community associations and groups that are place-based (ie all in one town or region) or are interest-based (ie in different regions but with similar needs).
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