Call for Emergency Preparedness Pilots in Victoria

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Are you interested in strengthening emergency preparedness and connections between neighbours? Become part of our unique pilot project! Are you interested in strengthening emergency preparedness and connections between neighbours?

Become part of our unique pilot project!

Connect and Prepare
Call for Expressions of Interest Together we are ready! We are looking for groups of neighbours living on the same street or in the same apartment/condominium building within the City of Victoria to be part of an exciting new pilot project called “Connect and Prepare”. This project is being offered as part of a unique collaboration bringing together Building Resilent Neighbourhoods' Resilient Streets program and Victoria Ready. Through a series of facilitated workshops, and with the support of micro-grants, program materials, and resource people, you and your neighbours will:

• learn about different kinds of potential emergencies
• participate in fun gatherings for socializing and discussing preparedness
• do assessments of your own homes, then create a street directory and asset inventory to help improve your individual and collective safety
• explore opportunities to become more connected and mutually supportive before, during and after emergencies
• receive a bundle of micro-grants including:
  • several $50 micro-grants to help cover refreshments and other costs for hosting neighbours
  • a $500 grant to build your street/building’s own customized, shared emergency supplies kit
  • access to $200 grants to launch any other “Resilient Streets” projects such as place making, group purchasing, tool sharing, and more.

Connect and Prepare is based on the understanding that building social connections between neighbours is a critical foundation for becoming better prepared and resilient to different types of challenges, stresses and emergencies that may come our way either suddenly or gradually over time. This pilot program involves 3 two-hour sessions that will run between December of 2017 and March of 2018 (schedule to be developed based on the availability of you and your neighbours.)
Interested? We’ll be selecting three locations for pilot projects.

CLICK HERE to learn more and fill out a simple expression of interest application! Deadline for expressions of interest:
Thursday December 7th, 2017 This call for "Connect and Prepare" pilots is only open to City of Victoria neighbourhoods at this time, but if you are receiving this newsletter and live elsewhere, stay tuned as we'll be harvesting the learnings from the pilot to create a new module in the Resilient Streets Toolkit that will be available to other communities. We're also hoping to deliver the program in other communities and neighbourhoods in the future, so if you are interested in being part of this, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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