Building Resilient Communities Together – Understanding Roles, Responsibilities and Local Action

Event description: Emergencies affect everyone – but the way we prepare for, respond to, and recover from them works best when statutory services and communities work hand-in-hand.

This event will:

• Outline statutory responsibilities in emergencies – what councils, emergency services and responder agencies are required to do.

• Launch the Staffordshire Societal Resilience Approach (2025–2028) – why we are strengthening local capability.

• Explore the community role – how residents, voluntary organisations and community groups can develop their own resilience strategies using local assets, networks and knowledge.

• Share good practice – examples of community-led initiatives that are already working well.

• Evaluate existing and develop local practical tools – including a new Community Resilience Toolkit, designed to help communities map resources, assess risks, and plan collectively.

Who should attend?

• Community groups, voluntary organisations, local leaders and elected representatives

• Representatives from statutory services and responder agencies

• Anyone interested in making their area stronger, safer and better prepared for disruption

This session is about partnership. There is no “one size fits all” approach – we’re developing flexible ways to help communities take the lead while staying connected to the wider emergency response system.