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Community-led recovery: evidence, dimensions and supports for Community Recovery Committees

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Research theme
Project type

Core research

Project status

Completed

This project:

  1. developed a broad description of Community Recovery Committees (CRCs) based on insights from CRC members and recovery agencies
  2. tested and validated the Self-assessment Tool for Community Recovery Committees, developed through the Community-led recovery project
  3. investigated the representativeness of CRCs by looking at their social networks within the community.

This project was co-funded by Emergency Management Victoria. Bushfire Recovery Victoria co-funded Phase 1 of the project under the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Black Summer program.

A Hazardous Webinar on supporting community-led recovery was held 18 July 2023. The webinar explained key findings and highlighted the self-assessment tool and the online social network mapping tool that have been developed to help Community Recovery Committees form, plan and identify the help they need. You can watch the recording below.

Research team
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Prof Lisa Gibbs
Research leader
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Dr Colin Gallagher
Researcher
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Dr Kate Brady
Researcher
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Hannah Morrice
Researcher
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Yvette Clarke
End-user
Project details

While there is existing research that establishes why CRCs are important, there is only limited information that exists to guide CRCs in their formation, planning and how they engage with other organisations, such as government bodies. There is also only limited research about how representative CRCs are. 

The results of this research will:

  • provide CRCs with a tool to help them form, plan and identify help needed
  • improve the shared understanding between CRCs and the agencies working in recovery about how they can work together
  • help CRCs understand how they are positioned within their community
  • help agencies better understand the role, dynamics and challenges facing CRCs.
Publications
Year Type Citation
2023 Report Community-led recovery: Evidence, dimensions and supports - ReGroup Phase 2 report
Resources
Date Type Title
7 March 2023 Presentation Kate Brady - Black Summer Webinar 1 presentation
3 May 2023 Workshop material 2023 Natural Hazards Research Forum workshop presentation: Stream 4, Workshop 4
18 July 2023 Presentation Dr Colin Gallagher and Hannah Morrice - ReGroup Community-led recovery: evidence, dimensions and supports for Community Recovery Committees
15 May 2024 Presentation Colin Gallagher & Kate Brady - 2024 Natural Hazards Research Forum presentation
Participating organisations
The University of Melbourne
Emergency Management Victoria
Emergency Recovery Victoria

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