Australian Red Cross

Being prepared can make an emergency less stressful, give you more control, and reduce the impact on you and those you love. Next week, during our EmergencyRedi Week, we’re encouraging all Australians to take action to protect their families. Thanks to the support of our partner, Australia Post, over 3 million households will receive a ‘Prepare Postcard’ with key tips to help them get ready.   You can also test your preparedness with our Disaster Preparedness Quiz. See how well you know how to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters. Take the quiz now: https://lnkd.in/grUnEnsc

This Welcoming Week, we pay tribute to our Connected Women program, which brings migrant women together to form bonds and support networks with each other, helping them feel connected to their new home in Australia. For Jackline, Connected Women NT has given her the opportunity to make long-lasting friendships with women from different and diverse backgrounds. For more on our Connected Women program visit, https://brnw.ch/21wMChc

Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent. That’s why it’s so important we all take action to get prepared. While we can’t eliminate the threat of emergencies, we can take steps to lessen their impact. Our annual EmergencyRedi Week starts soon, from 16 to 22 September, to remind all Australians to take action before disaster strikes. To discover how you can get prepared now and protect what matters most visit, https://brnw.ch/21wMxCU

Last week, Australian Red Cross was proud to play a role in the 2024 Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Conference, contributing to this year’s theme, ‘Maintaining Momentum: Driving Systemic Change to Create a More Resilient Future,’ by highlighting important discussions around resilience and collaboration. Drawing on 110 years of community resilience in Australia, Australian Red Cross helped shape conversations through panel discussions alongside experts from Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience and UNSW. Together, we explored what strengthens resilience before, during, and after disasters, and how partnerships can create lasting, powerful outcomes. The conference reinforced the importance of collaboration, community resilience, and social capital in building a more resilient future. #AIDR #Resilience #Collaboration #ADRC24 #AFAC24

During September, we’re partnering with Coles Group and Nestlé Australia to help more Australians to prepare, respond, and recover from disaster. Nestlé Australia is supporting us with funding to aid people and communities impacted by emergencies. Coles Group is raising awareness across their stores nationally to help local communities and customers get emergency ready. Together, we aim to help get more Australians prepared for the worst. Discover more about how you can prepare before disaster strikes, https://lnkd.in/gCnRZ3KN #EmergencyRedi #GetPrepared

Today, is International Day of the Disappeared, and right now hundreds of thousands of people around the world are missing. Many of them never return or are heard from again.  Restoring Family Links is a core service of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement that helps people find members of their family who are due to conflict, disaster or migration. Every minute, the network helps four families separated by conflict, violence, migration or disasters call each other.  To find out more visit, https://brnw.ch/21wMbMS

For decades, we have worked with Qantas to support Australians in times of need. Today, we're excited to announce a new chapter of support with a three-year partnership.     This partnership will enable our people to travel nationwide for humanitarian work, significantly reducing costs and enabling faster responses to communities in crisis. The funding will help us to continue our focus on delivering services well into the future by funding the recruitment and training of 750 new Australian Red Cross volunteers across the country.    We look forward to continuing our work together to support Australian communities.    Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gycr4Zeb

People on temporary visas can experience high degrees of vulnerability if they fall on hard times. That’s why Australian Red Cross delivers the Safety Net Program. This program is designed to help temporary visa holders, people seeking asylum and people with an uncertain visa status meet their basic needs, such as food, medicine, and shelter, during times of financial hardship. This week, Australian Red Cross received a generous grant of almost $440,000 to its Safety Net Program in WA, presented by Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot MLC on behalf of donor Lotterywest. Thank you to all those who support us to continue providing essential assistance to those in need. To learn more about the program visit, https://lnkd.in/gtBMSzmz

Last week, we celebrated our 110-year anniversary with events across the country. In Sydney, we kicked off the celebrations by bringing our people, partners, and government together at a breakfast generously sponsored by our partner, NRMA Insurance, with keynote speakers Minister Jihad Dib and Shadow Minister Gurmesh Singh. Later that week, members of the Red Cross Collective, a network made up of long-standing partner organisations who support our work, came together to celebrate, and share insights on our collective action to amplify humanitarian work across Australia. We would like to thank our partners for their invaluable support, for joining us in marking this milestone and for continuing to support our vital work in communities across the country. Amazon, Australia Post, Charter Hall, Andrew Cole, Coca-Cola South Pacific, Coles Group, Commonwealth Bank, JLR, IAG, NRMA Insurance, Julie Batch, Lendlease, McDonald's Australia, PwC Australia, QBE Insurance, Qantas, Uber. Andrew Colvin AO APM, Penny Harrison, Annette Ruhotas AM, Kate Miranda, Nick Young. #110years #EveryoneAlways

This week, landmarks across the country were illuminated in red to celebrate 110 years of Australian Red Cross. These beacons of red served as a reminder that Australian Red Cross has been, and always will be, here to help people in need. Thank you to all those who supported this monumental milestone, and here's to continuing our mission for many more years to come. #110years #EveryoneAlways