Nick Guyett on Building Personal Resilience Profiles & Emergency Planning

Join your fellow Surfcoast and Greater Geelong residents for an evening lead by Resilient Communities Officer Nick Guyett who will guide participants through the creation of a personal Resilience Profile as well as planning for emergencies. Participants will learn the principles of resilience, why it matters and what it entails. Participants will take a short online self-assessment that looks at household resilience and be given feedback to resources to improve resilience. Participants will undertake group scenario based activities following on to share learnings, identify commonalities, and finally take a look at emergency planning templates. 

An evening to forge valuable relationships and build our community support networks!

What's covered in the workshop:

Guided development of a personal resilience profile
Emergency planning for disaster in your area
Understanding the principles of resilience and why they're important 
Feedback on how to improve your own household resilience
Shared resources to emergency planning templates

What's included:

• A 2 hour workshop lead by Nick Guyett from Surfcoast Shire Council
• Full access to workshop module content from all speakers across the series (available post workshop series)
• Farm board snacks and a tea station
  

What to bring:

• A note pad and pen (if you wish)
• An openness to learning and connecting with your community!
  
  Schedule:
  4pm Welcome intros
  4.15pm Nick's session begins
  5:15pm Break 
  5:30pm Continue with the session
  6:15pm Wrap up

Nick Guyett is the Resilient Communities Officer in the Emergency Management team for Surf Coast Shire Council. With a background in natural resource management and past work as a bushfire responder, his current role focuses on preparing the community for the impacts of fire, flood and other natural disasters. Nick’s aim is that we may all better recover from emergency impacts and thrive to do the things we love, with the people we love most. 

We hope to see you there!

Next session in the series: Water Matters! Planning for Water Security With Climate Variability with Barwon Water