Are you a resilience professional or student? Join the UK's leading membership body for emergency planning professionals and you'll have exclusive access to free educational and networking events, CPD modules, resources, a quarterly journal and much more! https://t.co/VP7ktONjEo
Join us for the next sessions of our online annual conference, A Smorgasbord of Emergency Planning and Resilience” exploring resilience and emergency planning through workshops, seminars and discussions. Open to all. https://t.co/ddO0Z6O7xW
This year's EPS Annual Conference,“A Smorgasbord of Emergency Planning and Resilience", includes workshops, seminars and discussions held virtually from Nov 8th & is open to members and non-members
Each session attended will provide 1 CPD hour.
https://t.co/rnrTQZJhga
We were delighted to support the Teach Us Too conference, sharing how Talk4Writing can be used in specialist settings, as it is here. Teach Us Too promotes the right for all children to be taught to read and write, whatever their label or diagnosis.
https://t.co/8W2IzH4Fih
Volunteering Is Not Only Good For Your Community, But Good For Your Physical Health Too!
🩷 Lowers High Blood Pressure
🩷 Decreases Depression & Loneliness
🩷 Good for your CV
🩷 Meet New People
🩷 It Allows You To Give Back
#Volunteer
Local Volunteer Centres are often a good place to start looking for opportunities. They can find out what you're interested in doing, and try to match you with a suitable role with a local charity or voluntary organisation.
https://t.co/ptTowe7YMm
#Volunteer
A well-stocked, secure medicine cabinet is a key item for personal health preparedness and first aid at home. We start with excellent advice from @ManchesterHCC ▶️🔉 https://t.co/AW5s23IAII
A pharmacist can help with many conditions & give advice or medicines where appropriate. Instead of a GP appointment, you can see a pharmacist - just walk in.
❌🗑️🚽NEVER throw unwanted or out-of-date medicines away
✅🧑⚕️🏥ALWAYS return them to a pharmacist for safe disposal
DAY TWENTY SIX – MEDICINE CHECK
😃👋 Next up day 26 September is Preparedness month is another #selfcare health topic to #ChooseWell - yes! It's #DrugsBust day here on #30days30waysUK - time for your home medicine check…
☔ This #PreparednessMonth, here's a reminder of how our teams are ready all year round for whatever the British weather throws at them.
🌊 Following this week's heavy rain in parts of our region, training sessions like this are more important than ever to ensure our field teams can respond quickly and safely in a flood situation to keep the power flowing to our customers.
📱 If you experience a power cut, call us for free on 105 at any time, whatever the weather.
#30Days30WaysUK @30Days30WaysUK
When children are given accurate, clear information in accessible, age-appropriate ways, they are highly motivated to help reduce emergency and disaster risks, both at home and in their communities.
Children can contribute to community resilience.
➡️ https://t.co/NXFoPBG71K
DAY TWENTY SEVEN – READY KIDS
👨👧👦👋Welcome #30days30waysUK It's day 27 September is Preparedness Month, high time we involve children and young people #ReadyKids.
As any parent knows, kids are capable and resilient given the right support…
Build your risk knowledge and strengthen your disaster preparedness with this serious game from @UNDRR ️️
https://t.co/VzOTq4liRr
This online game teaches adults and children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters.
#ReadyKids#30Days30WaysUK
Involve children in your household preparedness.
This @East_Riding video is a great explainer and motivator
▶️🔊https://t.co/eYRSKfk0lv
#ReadyKids#30Days30WaysUK
What's in your #DigitalGrabBag? The choice is yours of course.
Worth mentioning are offline apps if your connection is slow, especially google's offline maps functionality. https://t.co/qRGbEirtxI… #30Days30WaysUK#Apps#AppStore
Next, we want to highlight @ThecitizenAID
https://t.co/3Hoykz9fAe they are focused to prepare individuals, communities and organisations to help themselves if they find themselves in an emergency. #preparedness#30Days30WaysUK
Coordinate with friends or family members to ensure someone can care for your pets if you are unable to do so.
Ensure your pet wears a collar with an ID tag and is chipped. Keep a recent photo of your pet, which can help in case of separation.
#30Days30WaysUK#PreparedPets
To get quick summaries for each week you can go to our YouTube channel. Watch our weekly panel of resilience professionals talk about the various days https://t.co/BMlo5CFxNW… #30Days30WaysUK#Preparedness