21/08/2026
π We're still here.
Yesterday I had a conversation with former Community Plus Chair Bec Langdon that really stuck with me.
Following the closure of our Community Recovery and Resilience Program, Bec shared that she had been looking for a message from us that said something simple:
"Community Plus is still here for our community in preparedness and recovery."
And she's right.
While the program has ended, our commitment to helping communities prepare for, respond to and recover from challenges hasn't gone away.
As we head towards another disaster season in Brisbane, we're continuing to strengthen our preparedness work. We're updating disaster management plans across our neighbourhood centres, working alongside local resilience groups, partnering with Resilience Canopy, and remaining an active founding member of the Brisbane Neighbourhood Centres Disaster Network.
If our communities face another flood, storm or emergency, our centres will continue to be trusted places where people can find information, support, connection and practical help.
For us, resilience has never just been a project or a funding stream.
It's the work of building strong relationships, connected neighbourhoods, local leadership and communities that know how to look after one another when times get tough.
That work continues every day at Community Plus.
And we're not going anywhere. β€οΈ
- Mel Hilditch, Community Plus Queensland CEO