Women On The Land - Northern NSW

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Women On The Land - Northern NSW

Who are we? Vision:
Women from rural Northern NSW are connected, better prepared and more resilient.

Women On The Land (WOTL) is a group of Northern NSW rural women focussed on preparedness for, resilience to, and recovery from natural disasters and other adverse events. Background
• The group was established in November 2018 to initially engage and inform rural women on personal and property resilience, health and wellbeing and to provide an environment in which women are supported to question,

connect and learn.
• The group is comprised of community members who are supported by a core committee of staff from key industry and emergency response agencies who coordinate and deliver social events, workshops and skills training for WOTL members.
• In 2020 WOTL expanded its focus to encompass sustainable and holistic management of the farm and business to meet the demand from women on the land. Purpose:
The WOTL collaborative works together to build resilience, capacity and skill through awareness, planning, preparation, community consultation and collaboration on projects of interest and concern. Objectives:
Members of the WOTL Core Collaborative Committee will:
• Focus on increasing collaboration between agencies and the community to improve resilience, capacity, practical skills and safe work practises.
• Advocate to funding bodies, policymakers and other organisations that could help meet the needs of our community and the sustainability of WOTL.
• Build the community's capacity to understand health and wellbeing, promote help-seeking behaviours and improve access to services.
• Increase awareness and knowledge about services and resources that will assist the Northern NSW farming community to prepare and mitigate the detrimental effects of natural disasters and other adverse events
• Provide a comfortable and safe environment for rural women to build networks including across various primary industries and learn from each other.
• Empower rural women to sustainably manage their farms and rural businesses by building knowledge, skills and capabilities through access to training and education.
• Support women in recently impacted rural and remote communities to build resilience in recovery.

19/07/2024

EPIC Tweed Coast Women's Workshop! 🙋🏼‍♀️ This is your chance to get involved!

We're hosting a practical skill-based workshop designed to provide women with a range of skills to help prepare their home and family for the impacts from natural hazards.

👉 Saturday 27 July 2024
👉 SES Tweed Coast Unit 6 Centennial Drive, Pottsville.
👉 9.30am for a 10am start and a 4pm finish (catering provided).

Our skilled Tweed Coast SES women will show you how to:
✅ Sandbag for water diversion
✅ Tarping - Window repairs
✅ Ladder safety
✅ Cleaning gutters
✅ How to use a fire extinguisher
✅ Apps and warnings and where to get the latest information
✅ Home emergency plans and kits

‼️ Register by 22nd July 2024 here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Eusx0fxDdEKp0plVcn_jr1qLH0b3vFxOkSV1v-3-m0lUMTdGSTk4RVhTUE1IRUlGRDdMSVNGNjRHUi4u&origin=lprLink

Questions? Call Jen Townend on 0409 092 422

We look forward to welcoming you for a fun, interactive and informative day!

20/06/2024

Wow. It’s not too late to register.

Check out the take home kits

18/06/2024

❤Invitation to the Coraki Women's EPIC Workshop ❤
📢📣Call out to all women who live in: Coraki and surrounding villages.
EPiC is a practical, skill-based workshop designed to provide you with a diverse range of skills to help you prepare your home and family for the impacts from natural hazards. This event is proudly hosted by NSW SES and other emergency services.
Our aim is to demonstrate and provide you with opportunities to practice skills in a safe environment with trained volunteers.
What you'll learn:
🟠 Sand bagging for water diversion
🟡 Tarping - bottom floor window repair
🟢 Cleaning gutters
🟠 Ladder safety
🟡 How to use fire extinguishers
🟢 Understand the BoM website - where to look for local info
🟠 How to download apps and understanding our Warnings
🟡 Developing your Home Emergency Plan/Kit
Please Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/1a0Rj8bR5b

05/06/2024

The SES are at it again.
Women’s Preparedness Workshop.

The NSW SES (NSW State Emergency Service) Coraki Unit is the local combat agency for floods, storms and tsunami.

27/05/2024

❤Invitation to the Casino Women's EPIC Workshop ❤
📢📣Call out to all women who live in: Casino and surrounding villages.
EPiC is a practical, skill-based workshop designed to provide you with a diverse range of skills to help you prepare your home and family for the impacts from natural hazards. This event is proudly hosted by NSW SES and other emergency services.
Our aim is to demonstrate and provide you with opportunities to practice skills in a safe environment with trained volunteers.
What you'll learn:
🟠 Sand bagging for water diversion
🟡 Tarping - bottom floor window repair
🟢 Cleaning gutters
🟠 Ladder safety
🟡 How to use fire extinguishers
🟢 Understand the BoM website - where to look for local info
🟠 How to download apps and understanding our Warnings
🟡 Developing your Home Emergency Plan/Kit
Please register at: https://forms.office.com/r/riMzftRPX0
NSW SES Casino Unit
Richmond Valley Council
Richmond Valley Recovery Information
Northern Rivers NSW SES
The Northern Rivers Times
Kevin Hogan MP
The Indy
Mustow
Richie Williamson MP
Casino Information Exchange
Casino Hook Ups ( info exchange )

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This is a partnership between NSW SES, DPI Rural Resilience Program. The contacts are Janet Pettit (SES) and Jen Haberecht (DPI).

9. What are the outcomes of the project? (please provide a more detailed response - up to 1000 words)

Recent flood, fire and drought events in rural areas of Northern NSW have highlighted the general lack of preparedness for disasters and inclement weather events.

In response to this a working group of key emergency service representatives and community members formed a Women on the Land stakeholder working group. The aim of this group is to build resilience, capacity and skill through hazard awareness, planning and preparedness for women on the land in Northern NSW.

The main outcomes of this group are:

Increased awareness and knowledge about services and resources that will assist the Northern NSW farming community to prepare and mitigate the detrimental effects of hazards such as flood and fire.

Increased capacity of Northern NSW farmers in preparing for hazards.

Improved communication between farmers and response service providers such as SES, RFS and RRP.

To provide a comfortable and safe environment for women to build networks across various primary industry and learn from each other.

Increased access for farmers, farm workers and their families to opportunities to build knowledge, capabilities and skills in business risk mitigation and resilience.

To become self-sustaining