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

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Research theme

Project type

Core research

Project status

In progress

This project will:

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

This project is 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.

Research team

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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