Twitter account of the British Red Cross Scotland Emergency Response team.
We work 24/7 alongside Partner agencies, to provide support to those in crisis.
Our volunteers and staff have been assisting communities affected by Storm Babet, supporting rest centres with psychosocial help, providing basic supplies like hygiene products and delivering welfare checks. Thanks to @HumzaYousaf for speaking with our team in Brechin earlier.
Thank you @RedCrossScot Volunteers and Staff who provided vital support to communities across Scotland.
Proud of their commitment and professionalism during #StormBabet.
From providing blankets to clothes, welfare checks on vulnerable people to a listening ear. #humanitarians
#CrisisResponse Teams continue to support communities across Scotland impacted by #StormBabet.
We have delivered blankets and beds to rest centres in Perth & Kinross as well as supporting people in Angus, Dundee and Aberdeen.
We are proud of their humanitarian support.
Our #CrisisResponse Teams are in the #Angus rest centres, offering emotional support and essential resources to help keep people safe and warm during the flooding caused by #StormBabet.
We have information for anyone impacted👇🏻https://t.co/GCz1cry5iU
#WeatherAware#StaySafe
🔴 Red weather warning 🔴
@metoffice have warned of exceptionally heavy and persistent rain.
You can prepare:
1. Get informed 📲 https://t.co/DHTIXcSNgK…
2. Make a plan
3. Create an emergency kit
Latest info 👉 https://t.co/IQ8xyQ8SIs
#StormBabet#WeatherAware#StaySafe
⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️
Rain across eastern parts of Scotland
Thursday 0600 to 1800 Friday
Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Today's Yellow Rain Warning across Scotland has been updated and extended further southwest ⚠️
An Amber Rain Warning also remains in force ⚠️
Stay #WeatherAware and find the latest information here 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs
We've deployed psychosocial volunteers to support @FCDO & @greekredcross in Rhodes following the #wildfires.
Our volunteers are specially trained to provide emotional and practical support which considers the needs of individuals, couples, families and groups.
Our West Emergency Response Volunteers & Staff recently visited the @ssencommunity Distribution Control Centre in Perth, gaining a valuable insight of operational demands including how SSEN effectively deliver electricity to millions of homes across parts of Scotland.
This truck was used as a mobile health clinic as part of the #PakistanFloodsAppeal response, funded by DEC charity @CAFOD.
Artist @AliSalmanAnchan painted the truck, telling stories of resilience shown by people supported by the appeal.
Find out more https://t.co/kJLvQQLQN8
🙌 A huge congratulations to Liz Tait and Jane Walker, two of our Scottish volunteers, who were both awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King's Birthday Honours List on Friday.
Our Emergency Response Teams are in attendance providing support to those that have been displaced by a fire at a property on Craigmount Brae, Edinburgh.
Today we published our trustees' report and accounts for 2022.
We've made a huge difference over the last year thanks to the generosity of our donors and the dedication of our volunteers.
So thank you to everyone who makes our work possible.
https://t.co/WfSOeWu0lU
Our West Emergency Reponse team providing welfare support to all beach goers at Troon Beach in partnership with @PSOSNAyrshire supporting the #AyrshireSaferShores initiative. #stay-hydrated ☀️
Wishing our celebrity ambassador @jasonsfolly a very happy birthday! 🥳
Jason has been a huge supporter of our refugee work for almost five years, meeting refugees from all over the world in the UK, Italy, and Poland. Thank you for all you do ❤