Creative Recovery Network

Lead national agency in AU linking the creative sector, disaster management and communities, helping people to grow and connect through the disaster experience.

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How do we deepen resilience capability and set communities up for success to lead their own change? Kerry Jones from @TACSI joins us to share how their work is supporting communities to do this through their "Now Future How” model. Listen now: https://t.co/RbtkT6Q3i8

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Exciting to be at the launch of Creative Solutions: Training & sustaining the arts for mental health workforce, by Special Envoy to the Arts Susan Templeman. Inspired by First Nations health worker Marianne Wobcke & poet @davidstavanger to be courageous in embracing wellbeing

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Life Matters explores Creative Recovery, listen at the link >>
https://t.co/KJzUpsuy9h

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Pleased to announce the continuation of our National Taskforce for Creative Recovery and welcome @nemagovau Director, Jacqui Cristiano, as Chair - alongside new members from @AIDR_News, Creative Australia, Red Cross and Fire to Flourish. Read more >>
https://t.co/ZZS4Wouc4Q

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@bhiamie Williamson joins us on the new episode of Creative Responders following the National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Project in Meanjin - a first-of-its-kind event that marks a significant step forward in disaster planning in Australia. Out now: https://t.co/rJbrbc06M4

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For those who supported @OrangeSkyAU through the key donation sponsor of the #AFAC23 & #ADRC23 conferences, here they are in action down the road from where you are having your goodbye drinks, at Musgrave Park. Those who haven't here's a wee reminder to add your contributions!

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Resilience has to be about equity, you have to bring everybody along - Jean Palutkot @Griffith_Uni #ADRC23#AFAC23

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What is an effective intervention? - it needs to cope with large change, cope with uncertainty in that change and that it will be dealing with multiple values. Dr Russell Wise @CSIRO #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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How can we lean in collectively to find solutions for these complex national problems? Community resilience is as important and infrastructure resilience - Kyle MacFarlane @ICAUS #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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We don't have a vision for what a resilient Aust will look like. Until we have this we will not know the steps required to activate this -Dr Russell Wise CSIRO. We need to think of this vision in context of changing future/boundaries - Jean Elwood @Griffith_Uni #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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The sacred space to hold the flow of preparing & responding: talking/holding space around the kitchen table/fire with neighbours, services, government to get to know who we are. Come to us and give time to listen. - Zena Armstrong, Natascha Wernick, Melanie Bloor #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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Social capital is built when we are having fun together, invest in creativity before and after disaster! Events that gather people together can be an open doorway for influencing & preparing - thanks Zena Armstrong Cobargo Community Bushfire Recovery Fund #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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Grounded in Country, their families and each other makes the community strong & focused on hope. Community navigators (language support) were key in ensuring communication clarity for community and ensuring action from conversations Andrea Myers, Fitzroy Crossing #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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A testimony to collective resilience, small towns, multiple roles deep communication - just because we're resilient does not mean we need help. Talking to local people is the key to local success. Andrea Myers, Fitzroy Crossing #ADRC23 #AFAC23

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We are sick of being engaged, we want to be married - indigenous engagement needs to be respectful collaboration that addresses social justice principles - Bhiamie Williamson & Pheobe Quinn #ADRC23 @MonashUni #AFAC23 @UniMelb

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@ClimateThrive @RedCrossAU And also cultural creative events!! ☺️

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Indigenous healing needs to be core to continuation within disaster recovery action & dialogue. Bhiamie Williamson & Pheobe Quinn #ADRC23 @MonashUni #AFAC23

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Forcing small communities into high-stakes recovery grant processes kills collaborative communities, negatively impacting social capital and trauma informed processes - Rhonda Ayliffe Cobargo Bushfire Resilience Centre #ADRC23 #AFAC23 #CreateRecover #ArtsRespond

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Working with young ambassadors Good Place Hard Place project enabled the voice of young people to be amplified, holding the disconnection of memories & the possibilities that grow from the wreckage of disaster Transforming pain to purpose @yrcouncil #ADRC23 #CreateRecover

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Creative recovery programs can empower individuals and communities to consciously participate in their own social and psychological recovery @annakennedy_vic #ADRC23 #AFAC23 #CreateRecover #ArtsRespond