The Papakura Community Resilience Network has a new chair, Brian Collins taking over from Shaneel Kumar.
Collins has led the group’s communications strategy, which has seen a website and social media platforms developed.
Papakura Local Board chair Brent Catchpole says the network is doing great things around preparing communities for disaster.
“We have said it often, it is not if, but when. Everything the group is doing is about preparing people at a local level, and doing so in a way that’s fun and that engages people with their neighbours.”
The group will be attending the Papakura Santa Parade and Chilling in the Park at Bruce Pulman on 8 December, where members will promote their Street Meet project – which brings neighbours together at a street level to prepare them to help each other in a crisis.
Catchpole says the board has made funding available to the network, which it will use for flier and brochure design, its website start-up, signage and banners and advertising.
“A series of workshops was held between September and November to promote the network and the climate ready Papakura pilot project, with more than 200 people reached. It’s a great example of what can be achieved when the community leads the charge.”
The network has also formed a subgroup to see how Auckland Emergency Management’s school programme Kia Rite, Kia Mau, which works with those aged eight to 12, might be introduced in Papakura.
The programme includes resources such as a whānau readiness plans to share at home and is delivered in a 90-minute session.
Next year the group will hold a session designed to help the network extend by teaching people how to host a Street Meet in their own areas.
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