This Masterclass will enable attendees to gain an understanding of community resilience, and what drives and supports resilience before, during and after emergencies and disasters. Australian Red Cross is a leader in community resilience with more than 100 years’ embedded in local communities, including providing support during and after times of crisis. In recent years our comprehensive, award-winning programs, underpinned by international and national research, evidence, and best practice, have assisted individuals, households and communities right across Australia to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Our experience and knowledge is unparalleled. Red Cross has worked with and supported communities in drought, bushfire, flood, cyclones, storms, earthquakes, industrial and transport accidents, mass trauma and a wide range of other emergencies and disasters. From our work with individuals, families and community groups on the ground, and through evaluation of our work, we have gained significant insight into what drives and supports community resilience. Red Cross also works closely with research institutions to identify what drives resilience, and to develop policies and programs that enable communities to build their resilience and provide support when it is needed.

In addition, we collaborate with other Red Cross organisations and the International Federation of Red Cross to incorporate community resilience experience, insights and evidence from across the world. Drawing on this significant experience, facilitators will share their experiences of working with communities, research and data on community resilience to explore with attendees:
•    What works to help communities be prepared for emergencies? 
•    Why are some communities more resilient than others? 
•    How are communities coping with compounding and cascading disasters?
•    What’s needed to build community resilience into the future with climate change?
Attendees will gain a deep understanding of the drivers of resilience before, during and after emergencies and disasters.