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Investing in spaces to have resilient places

By thinking differently about disasters, we can reimagine the local hairdresser, caravan park, café, footy club, pub, or library as places of connection and support that are critical to a community’s recovery.

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Apr 1, 2024

Investing in spaces to have resilient places

By thinking differently about disasters, we can reimagine the local hairdresser, caravan park, café, footy club, pub, or library as places of connection and support that are critical to a community’s recovery.

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Mar 1, 2024

Neighbours Every Day

Celebrating Neighbours Every Day for more resilient communities.

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Feb 1, 2024

Managing tourism in the wake of disasters

Global Tourism Resilience Day on 17 February recognises tourism's unique role in sustaining and helping communities get back on their feet following a disaster, particularly where they are major employers in an impacted area.

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Jan 1, 2024

How to start 2024 strong

As we begin another year, make this yours to thrive with a new approach to getting resilient ready

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Dec 6, 2023

Doing Insurance Differently

We’re excited to share findings and recommendations from running two rounds of Small Business Insurance Talks across South Australia.

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Nov 27, 2023

South Australian Small Business Insurance Talks Info Session

We’ve been talking with South Australian business owners and operators about insurance recently, and their feedback has revealed some disturbing vulnerabilities that should be of concern to small businesses everywhere.

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Nov 14, 2023

St Arnaud's Road to Business Resilience

Resilient Ready has been engaged by Northern Grampians Shire Council to do a deep-dive analysis of the business community along the main street in St Arnaud.  

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Oct 25, 2023

6 steps to prepare your business for a bushfire

Learn how to prepare your business for the future fire season with this article we wrote for Business Victoria.

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Oct 23, 2023

Why tourism needs to be disaster-ready

Tourism businesses are extremely vulnerable to disasters, with income dependent on visitor numbers to an area. This is why Resilient Ready is committed to building tourism business communities that thrive.

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Sep 25, 2023

UNDRR Day: Breaking the Cycle of Inequality

Resilient Ready recognises International UNDRR Day by helping small businesses break the cycle of inequality by taking small steps to protect from future risks.

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Sep 25, 2023

Protecting Your Livelihood During Disasters

Every business should leverage insurance to build its resilience and protect it from loss and weather unexpected disruptions and disasters.

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Aug 17, 2023

Talking about Small Business Insurance across South Australia

Insurance is important for small businesses which is why we're hosting talks across South Australia to understand what they think and do!

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Aug 12, 2023

Small businesses the heartbeat of communities

At Resilient Ready we know small businesses are the economic and social heartbeat of communities, employing over 5 million Australians.

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Aug 21, 2023

Knowing the Warning Signs for Business

Knowing what emergency warnings mean and how to respond is critical for businesses operating in rural and regional areas to be Resilient Ready.

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Jul 24, 2023

How social infrastructure can save the day

At Ready we recognise the important role social infrastructure plays in resilient communities including social businesses and community organisations.

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Jul 24, 2023

Kangaroo Island's resilience success story

Resilient Ready proudly presented our Kangaroo Island project at the Disaster and Emergency Management Conference alongside a representative from the Business Hub and a local business owner.

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Jul 24, 2023

Showcasing social capital gains in Victoria

Resilient Ready recently brought together representatives from Emergency Management Victoria and disaster resilience expert Professor Daniel Aldrich in a unique collaboration at Mount Macedon in Victoria.

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Jun 12, 2023

White Paper celebrates doing it differently in the Blue Mountains

After a busy two years of working with the local business community, we recently wrapped up our Blue Mountains Business Community Resilience Project in NSW.

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Jun 9, 2023

Building a culture of wellbeing at work

Putting workplace wellbeing on the agenda of businesses big and small.

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May 13, 2023

White Paper reveals roadmap for Kangaroo Island businesses

Doing business differently is essential in a changing environmental and economic climate, according to our latest White Paper.

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May 10, 2023

Exploring how to do risk differently

Resilient Ready puts people at the centre of the risk model; it's people that build resilience, and its people who ultimately reduce risks.

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May 6, 2023

Collaboration uplifting Victorian tourism operators

Collaborating with the CFA to deliver our Business Community Resilience (BCR) Toolkit to high-risk Victorian tourism communities.

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Apr 11, 2023

Roadmaps set up small business for success

In the past month we have been lucky enough to have disaster recovery and social capital expert Professor Daniel Aldrich on hand to launch our two Roadmaps in different parts of the country to enthusiastic local audiences.

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Mar 3, 2023

So what is a social enterprise?

How for-profit businesses like Resilient Ready make the world a better place, one project at a time.

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Dec 18, 2023

Building better business resilience in 2023

At Resilient Ready we value the opportunity to reflect each year on what we've achieved in building resilient business communities.

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Mar 1, 2023

5 lessons from collaborating with communities

From co-designing solutions to reflect the unique make-up of each community to embedding local people in local projects, we have picked up some valuable insights along the way.

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Feb 1, 2023

BCR Toolkit targets young farmers

Resilient Ready is excited to be working closely with young farmers in NSW to play a role in building resilience in regional communities.

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Feb 1, 2023

Social capital expert Daniel Aldrich visiting Australia

Next month social capital expert Daniel will return to Australia, sponsored by the Fulbright US Scholar Program, the flagship foreign exchange scholarship program of the USA.

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Jan 5, 2023

Why your business resilience is our business

As Australia’s only social enterprise dedicated to building business resilience, we are in a unique position to advise, support and guide businesses of all sizes around how they can build their capabilities so they can be ready for anything.

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Jan 5, 2023

When challenges become opportunities

As Australia’s only social enterprise dedicated to building business resilience, we are in a unique position to advise, support and guide businesses of all sizes around how they can build their capabilities so they can be ready for anything.

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Jan 5, 2023

Building better business resilience in 2022

Reflecting on the past 12 months, Resilient Ready has come a long way and touched a lot of lives and livelihoods in the process.

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Jan 5, 2023

Kangaroo Island tool brings people together

The Resilient Ready team visited Kangaroo Island recently to catch up with and record 16 local businesspeople who are featured in our new micro-learning modules.

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Nov 4, 2022

Why not give? Resilient Ready can help your social impact.

By engaging Resilient Ready you are immediately contributing to your ESG targets and fulfilling a critical part of your corporate agenda because you are hiring a certified social enterprise that is already focused on creating a positive community impact.

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Oct 28, 2022

Surviving and thriving with Annette Blake

For Katoomba local businesswoman Annette Blake, participating in a pilot training program with Resilient Ready proved to be the turning point for her accommodation business.

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Sep 30, 2022

Conference highlights Pacific resilience

Renae reflects on learnings and opportunities from the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Brisbane.

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Sep 16, 2022

Showcasing disaster resilience in Braidwood

Resilient Ready brought together local businesses and organisations in Braidwood a couple of weeks ago at a free event focused on building local networks and bolstering the resilience of their community.

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Sep 3, 2022

Activating Resilient Ready Livelihoods - ANZDEMC 22

The 2022 Disaster & Emergency Management Conference on the Gold Coast was the perfect place to share Resilient Ready's Biz Community Toolkit.

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May 13, 2023

White Paper reveals how to disaster-proof businesses

Networking is the key to building the capacity of businesses to withstand ongoing and future crisis events, according to our latest White Paper on business resilience.

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Aug 25, 2022

Staying solvent, staying in business...

Bringing the BCR toolkit to the Business NSW Subject Matter Expert Series on ‘Solvency, Sustainability and Growth’ in the Northern Rivers.

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Aug 7, 2022

Toolkits building community disaster resilience

Disasters can bring opportunities for businesses that are open to innovation and ready to adapt.

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Jun 21, 2022

Welcome to a new era of business community resilience

We're now in a new era of disruptions and disasters, impacting our lives and livelihoods like never before. Let's get resilient and ready together.

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