resilient care
Country to Coast, QLD’s $3.8 million Resilient Care funding was announced in November 2024, in partnership with Australian Business Volunteers funded by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) through the Disaster Ready Fund.
The program aims reduce the negative health impacts of both natural disasters and a changing climate in five local government areas across Wide Bay and Central Queensland.
People in the Fraser Coast, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, and Livingstone LGAs are experiencing a rising frequency and severity of natural disasters, posing significant challenges to their health and well-being. Partners in these regions have acknowledged the untapped potential of primary care providers and the communities themselves in addressing these challenges. Their interest in collaborating with CCQ, ABV, and other stakeholders demonstrates a shared commitment to leveraging collective expertise and resources and working together to enhance health, well-being and disaster resilience within these communities.
Three core Resilient Care goals
Strengthen the resilience of local primary healthcare system and communities to a changing climate and disasters.
Improve the integration and role of primary healthcare providers and communities in local and district disaster management systems across preparedness, response, and recovery.
Document and disseminate practical learnings and proven strategies or approaches to support other PHN’s across Australia to strengthen the resilience of their primary healthcare providers, systems and communities.
Resilient Care partner organisations
Country to Coast Queensland (CCQ), as the lead applicant, has extensive experience and capability in primary health care programs, including disaster management and resilience initiatives.
Australian Business Volunteers (ABV), as primary delivery partner, brings extensive experience in community development, connecting place-based planning, hazard mapping and preparedness at a whole-of-community level with individual organisations/ business’ capability.
Learning partner, CCQ and ABV will secure a partner details TBC.
Country to Coast Queensland Healthy Communities, Senior Manager Climate Ready Communities, Wayne Sunderland, Program Manager Nicole Dalle Nogare, Program Manager Leif Petersen, Director Healthy Communities, Olivia Naughtin, Chief Executive Julie Sturgess working in partnership with Australian Business Volunteers, General Manager, Naomi Toole, Program Facilitator Community Development, Natascha Wernick.
Partner Summaries
Australian Business Volunteers (ABV) is an international development not-for-profit with 40 years of experience across Australia and the Asia Pacific region across community transformation through volunteering, leveraging its skilled development staff, innovative community change models and over 300 current experienced business professional volunteers.