Ready Scotland updates website to support community resilience

A community’s resilience is at the heart of how it survives and thrives.  With the impacts of COVID-19 on rural and island communities over the last year, kindness and solidarity have been essential in providing support to vulnerable and isolated members of the community.

With winter now fast approaching and the potential impacts of adverse weather, it’s timely to highlight the support available and how communities can utilise their strengths to prepare for, respond to, and recover from challenges.

On the 11^th of November the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced an update to the Scottish Government’s Ready Scotland website stating:

We have updated the Ready Scotland website - ready.scot - to provide advice on how to prepare for winter, and to give information to anyone who might need support”.

“The Ready Scotland website also provides guidance for people who don’t need help themselves, but who want to assist others – maybe offering help to a neighbour or other vulnerable people in your community”.

The Ready Scotland website has a dedicated section to community involvement, which includes links to resources and toolkits to enable communities to develop their own resilience priorities and plans.

You can find the main Ready Scotland website here and find out more information about community involvement at the link here