Webinar Series: Knowing your Risks & Managing your Risks - Disaster Preparedness for Community Organisations

Knowing Your Risks & Managing Your Risks

Wednesday 21 October 2026 | 9:00am–10:00am AEST | Online

What could disrupt your organisation, and what would that mean for the services your community relies on?

This practical webinar will help community organisations identify and understand the risks that could affect their operations, staff, clients and critical services.

Together, we’ll explore common risks facing community organisations, consider their potential impacts, and look at realistic controls and continuity actions that can be put in place now.

In this session, you’ll explore:

• How to identify risks and potential disruptions

• How risks can affect critical services and the people who rely on them

• Practical ways to assess and manage organisational risks

• Controls, workarounds and actions that can strengthen continuity

• How risk management connects with Business Continuity Planning

The session will include practical insights from George from Orgwell Group, drawing on experience in risk management and organisational resilience.

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of your priority risks and practical actions you can start implementing within your organisation.

This session is part of the Keeping Services Open: Preparedness for Community Organisations webinar series, based on the ACOSS Six Steps to Disaster Resilience.

Coming up in the series:

• Session 2 – Lead. Connect. Prepare.
  Wednesday 11 November 2026 | 9:00am–10:00am AEST | Online

• Session 3 – Preparing Others & Test. Improve.
  Wednesday 25 November 2026 | 9:00am–10:00am AEST | Online

Each session has its own registration, so make sure you register separately for the sessions you would like to attend.

Free to attend. Online. Community organisations and service providers are welcome.

This activity supports community organisations to strengthen preparedness, continuity and long-term resilience following the South Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023–3 January 2024.

Please share with community organisations, neighbourhood centres, charities, small NFPs and service providers that could benefit.

Ready Together acknowledges the Kombumerri families of the wider Yugambeh Language Region, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and gather. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to land, waters and community.

Assistance provided by the Australian and Queensland governments through the jointly funded Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. Although funding for this product has been provided by both the Australian and Queensland Governments, the material contained herein does not necessarily represent the views of either Government.