The Emergency Planning Society (EPS) has announced the launch of its Spring Programme of educational events will begin with Covid Volunteers; Top up or Top Down – A Partnership on 17 March 2021 at 10am.
Delegates are invited to join the EPS for the latest in its series of webinars for a fascinating exploration of volunteering in the Covid-19 response. The webinar is free for EPS members to attend. There is a small charge of £30 for non-members to attend. Places can be booked here: the-eps.org/event/covid-volunteers-top-up-or-top-down-a-partnership/
The webinar will begin with a presentation from Kirsty O’Callaghan, Head of Strengthening Communities at Essex County Council.
Kirsty will be talking about the Essex Corona Virus Action initiative, which is a new model of outreach for vulnerable people and wider audiences affected by the pandemic. The Essex Corona Virus Facebook page disseminates Essex-specific information about Public Health guidance, pandemic-related public services and volunteering opportunities. It also has a closed Facebook page for citizens who want to ask questions and seek help and 20,000 of its 37,000 members joined within 72 hours of its creation.
The webinar’s second speaker will be Professor Lucy Easthope LLB MSc PhD FEPS FRAI with her presentation, The Wrong Type of Cheese: Responding to a disaster very close to home.
Lucy will be talking about taking the theory of localised community resilience to her own village doing the spring and summer of 2020 and the learning that will shape her practice in the future.
She is co-founder of the After Disaster Network at the University of Durham and was awarded a fellowship by the EPS for her work in this area.
The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session and open debate.
For further information, go to the-eps.org
