Join us at the Fairmont Resort in Leura, NSW on Saturday, 11 February and Sunday, 12 February 2023, for an energising, inspiring weekend of experience sharing, networking and learning about community resilience.
This conference is specifically designed for Blue Mountains residents, business owners, community advocates, leaders, associations and groups who are currently navigating the complex processes of response, recovery and resilience cycles in their communities.
The conference will feature the keynote speakers of Carol Hopkins, Chair of MADRA (Mallacoota and District Recovery Agency) and Elly Bird, Executive Director of Resilient Lismore who will share their incredible insights and experiences of community led recovery and resilience from their respective communities in Lismore, in Northern NSW and Mallacoota, in Eastern Victoria who have been at the coalface of dealing with catastrophic natural disasters in recent years.
Carol Hopkins, Chair of MADRA (Mallacoota and District Recovery Agency)
Elly Bird, Executive Director of Resilient Lismore
Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Dr Kate Brady and Phoebe Quinn will also be presenting at the event to share their knowledge of the Recovery Capitals (ReCap) which is based on a framework of seven ‘recovery capitals’ – natural, social, financial, cultural, political, built and human – and the connections between them.
Dr Kate Brady, Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and host of the ABC’s ‘After the Disaster’ podcast
ReCap supports strengths-based, holistic and inclusive recovery approaches and was the joint-winner of the 2021 Resilient Australia National Mental Health and Wellbeing Award.
For more information about Recovery Capitals click HERE.
The workshop will also be an opportunity to make and strengthen connections, to help us work together in the face of disasters.
This is a free, one off event which will include a catered lunch and morning and afternoon tea and you are welcome to come for one, or both days.
This conference is part of the Resilient Villages project, which aims to support community-led, grass-roots resilience initiatives in the Blue Mountains.