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Warwick locals with disability prepare for disasters

Being prepared for disasters is very important, something which has been proven true multiple times in recent years. It is especially important to include people with disability in the planning process and for people with disability to be empowered to make decisions about their safety and their emergency preparedness plan.

Southern Downs Regional Council, RAWR Support Services, and Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN) recently teamed up to deliver a series of ‘Get Ready, Plan Ahead’ workshops in March.

The aim of the workshops was to ensure that people with disability who live in Warwick are as prepared as possible for disasters.

During the workshops, attendees were supported to create their own emergency plans that suit their support needs. The workshops use a framework called the P-CEP (Person Centred Emergency Preparedness) Framework and included several interactive activities.

QDN Peer Leaders with lived experience of disability Donna Best and Peter Tully from Brisbane facilitated the workshops. The workshops were attended by participants of RAWR Support Services, their support workers, and other community members with disability. Participant engagement and interaction was high throughout the workshops with positive feedback from a number of support workers and participants who attended. These workshops are being delivered as part of the Building Inclusive Disaster Resilient Communities project.

Learn more here: https://qdn.org.au/our-work/disabilityinclusive-disaster-risk-reduction/building-inclusive-disasterresilient-communities/

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