Everyone “gets” emergencies
The Neighbours Helping Neighbours pilot showed that collective preparedness is a popular gateway for neighbours to help one another.
Community stories & examples
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Connect & Prepare “Should be in every building!”
Collaborating on emergency preparedness fosters residents’ collective resilience—and lived experiences of disabilities can be valuable assets in the process. This is one of the key takeaways from a unique collaboration in Vancouver, British Columbia that resulted in many resident-participants—and also staff at the organizations involved—feeling inspired and transformed.
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From isolated residents to engaged neighbours
In a crisis or emergency, neighbours are often the true ‘first responders’—they’re the nearest people to each other. That’s why local governments are finding that Connect & Prepare plays a…
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“If you’re safer, we’re all safer”
Community-based organizations delivered Building Resilient Neighbourhood’s Connect & Prepare program to groups of resident-neighbours in ten market and non-market multi-unit rental buildings in Vancouver, New Westminster, and North Vancouver in…
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What Residents Say: How social connections strengthen emergency preparedness
As Vancouver resident and Connect & Prepare workshop participant Randall MacKinnon describes it, Connect & Prepare is “an open door to walk through and say ‘hi’ to neighbours you haven’t…
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What is Neighbours Helping Neighbours?
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Hey Neighbour Collective recently launched their new program Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN). Can you give us an overview of what NHN is and what needs it’s…
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Connect & Prepare in action in Vancouver – Mount Pleasant
Read the Vancouver – Mount Pleasant Connect & Prepare Learning Report!
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Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House and the City of Vancouver’s Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction Team brought Connect & Prepare to four buildings in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant in 2022-23. -
Connect & Prepare in action in North Vancouver
Read the North Vancouver Connect & Prepare Learning Report! Connect & Prepare was brought to three buildings in North Vancouver in 2022-23, through a partnership involving BRN and North Shore Community Resources, Silver Harbour Centre, Lionsview Seniors’ Planning, North Shore Emergency Management, and the City of North Vancouver’s Planning Department.
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Connect & Prepare in action in New Westminster
Read the New Westminster Connect & Prepare Report! Seniors Services Society of BC and the City of New Westminster’s Community Planning Division and Emergency Management Office collaborated to bring BRN’s Connect & Prepare program to three buildings in New Westminster in 2022-23.
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Connect & Prepare Expands to three new communities – Here’s How It Went!
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods helped bring Connect & Prepare to three new BC municipalities in 2022-23: North Vancouver, New Westminster, and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant. Through our partnership with Hey Neighbour Collective and…
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Call for local champions in Victoria
Want to help foster vibrant and engaged neighbourhoods in Victoria? Apply to be part of the 2024 Local Champions community-based leadership program ⤵ The City of Victoria’s Neighbourhood Team has…
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Building hope through action
Many communities in BC have experienced the effects of climate change. Sharing stories of impact, successes and lessons is one of the best tools we have to help each other understand…
