Joint Civil Aid Corps - Yorkshire & Humberside

19/03/2026

💻 HOMEPAGE UPDATE – NEW FOR 2026! 📱

Have you visited our homepage recently? You might have spotted something new. As part of our 2026 Campaigns, we’ve expanded our homepage with two brand‑new information tabs, each designed to support our mission of building a safer, more resilient Britain.

🌟 Introducing Our New Tabs

🇬🇧 BritainReady and CitizenAID 🆘

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Whether you’re a volunteer, supporter, or simply someone who wants to be better prepared, these new pages offer valuable insights and practical information.

👉 Visit our homepage today and explore the latest additions!

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

17/03/2026

Stay Connected With our social media pages.

We’re proud to share our up-to-date official & authorised social media pages. Follow any of our pages to stay updated on National news, Regionals activity, training, community engagement and more across the UK.

Facebook – National & Regional Pages:

• Joint Civil Aid Corps – National Civil Defence
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – Cymru
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – West Midlands
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – East of England
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – Yorkshire & Humberside
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – N/EPRR
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – South Central
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – South West
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – North East
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – South East Coast
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – Isle of Wight
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – London
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – North West
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – West Northern Isle
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – East Midlands
• Joint Civil Aid Corps – NI
• Civil Defence Association

Please note: Any other pages claiming to represent the JCAC are not authorised. For your safety and accuracy of information, please ensure you only follow the official pages listed above.

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LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jcacuk/

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-civil-defence-association/

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X (formerly Twitter):
https://x.com/JCACUK?s=20

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Instagram:
jcacuk

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Follow the pages that matter most to you and stay connected with our work across the country.

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

12/03/2026

Have a read of this in the Emergency Services Times!

Topics covered:

- From Cadets to Civil Defence
- Building a Volunteer Reserve
- Obstacles along the way
- Supporting a wide range of volunteers
- Looking ahead

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

Caitlin Barr speaks to Unsung Hero Colin Harmsworth about the Joint Civil Aid Corps, the national volunteer organisation he set up 10 years ago to support the UK’s emergency services during major incidents and crises.

12/03/2026

RECRUITING NOW — for Administration Volunteers!

We are actively recruiting Administration Volunteers across the United Kingdom to support the backbone of the Corps’ operations—ensuring our teams remain organised, informed, and ready to respond when communities need us most.

Our administration volunteers play a crucial role behind the scenes, providing structure, coordination, and essential support to keep the organisation running smoothly. From managing information to assisting with logistics and communications, your contribution directly strengthens our ability to serve the public.

If you excel at organisation, enjoy structured tasks, or thrive in a supportive office‑style environment, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

With more than 40+ specialist roles available, you could be supporting in areas such as:

• Incident logging and record‑keeping
• Communications and control room support
• Volunteer coordination and scheduling
• Data entry and information management
• Logistics and resource tracking
• Public enquiries and reception duties
• Document preparation and reporting
• Social media and media administration
• Training administration
• Governance and compliance support

If this interests you and you’re ready to support the frontline by strengthening the systems behind it—and want to be part of a team that makes a genuine difference—apply today.

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage:
jcac.org.uk

10/03/2026

RECRUITING NOW — for Operational Volunteers!

We are actively recruiting for Operational Volunteers across the United Kingdom to serve as the “boots on the ground,” representing the Corps’ professionalism, readiness, and unwavering commitment to supporting communities in times of need.

Our volunteers play a vital role in a wide range of situations—responding to incidents, assisting Emergency Services, supporting public events, and working alongside Local Councils. Your contribution will have a meaningful and lasting impact.

If you remain calm under pressure, thrive on helping others, or simply enjoy hands‑on work, this is an opportunity to step forward and make a real difference.

With more than 40+ specialist roles available, you could be supporting in areas such as:

• Road closures and traffic management
• First aid
• Urban search and rescue
• Missing persons support
• Reception centres and evacuation shelters
• Welfare, chaplaincy, and feeding
• Forest and countryside fire support
• Storm and flood response
• Area evacuations
• Snow rescue

If this interests you and you are ready to stand at the frontline when people need you most—and want to be part of a team that makes a genuine difference—apply today.

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

04/03/2026

RECRUITING NOW — Join us and make a difference today!

Role Overview:

Our volunteers form a multi‑skilled team supporting emergency services during incidents, major events, and community operations. By taking on essential but lower‑risk tasks, volunteers free professional responders to focus on duties requiring advanced training.

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What Generalist Volunteers Do:

You’ll be trained to support a wide range of operational tasks, including:

• Road closures and traffic management
• First aid
• Urban search and rescue
• Missing persons support
• Reception centres and evacuation shelters
• Welfare, chaplaincy, and feeding
• Forest and countryside fire support
• Storm and flood response
• Area evacuations
• Snow rescue and more

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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

RPL recognises previous training, qualifications, or experience to reduce duplicated learning. Evidence must be:

• Valid
• Reliable
• Authentic
• Sufficient
• Completed within the last 3 years

RPL may reduce guided learning hours, but all assessments must still be completed to earn an up‑to‑date qualification.

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Responsibilities:

• Complete Generalist Training and maintain operational standards
• Maintain appropriate fitness for the role
• Respond to incidents and emergencies within your skills and qualifications
• Support fellow volunteers and follow Corps policies and procedures
• Stay current with training, regulations, and operational updates
• Help communities build resilience through engagement and planning
• Participate in fundraising and community projects
• Attend weekly team meetings for training, coordination, and development

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Qualifications

No formal qualifications are required — full training is provided.

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Desired (Not Required) Experience

We welcome all backgrounds, but particularly value experience in:

• Emergency services or military
• Urban search & rescue
• Water/swiftwater rescue
• Dog handling
• Security
• Radio communications
• Engineering
• Project management
• Finance, admin, HR, procurement
• Public relations, publications, or social media

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

05/02/2026

BRITAIN READY – Building a More Resilient UK
Yesterday we shared an important message about why household preparedness matters –
and why now is the time to make resilience a normal part of everyday life in the UK.
The Joint Civil Aid Corps is working to bring modern Civil Defence back into national
awareness: practical skills, community support, trained volunteers, and simple steps every
household can take to be more resilient.
We’re asking for your support.

Please visit the post and share it as widely as you can.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DFA3qh5FF/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Every share helps us reach more households, community groups, businesses, and
organisations who can play a part in strengthening UK resilience.
This isn’t about alarmism or politics – it’s about practical preparedness, community
confidence, and making sure that people across the UK have the knowledge and support
they need should disruptions occur.
Your support helps us:
• raise awareness of household preparedness
• bring resilience into everyday conversation
• attract interest, partners, and future supporters
• strengthen the Corps’ ability to serve communities nationwide
Thank you for helping us spread the word and continue building the UK’s modern Civil
Defence capability.
Onwards & Upwards.
Joint Civil Aid Corps - National Civil Defence

Norway has declared 2026 its national
“Total Defence” year – an all-of-society push
that joins government, municipalities, business,
volunteers and the public into one resilient
system. It’s a confident message: defence and
civil preparedness are inseparable, and
Everyone has a role to play.

Alongside massive investment and a major
allied exercise (Cold Response 2026), Norway is hard-wiring civil-military integration and
citizen preparedness into routine practice – the norm, not the exception.

What about the UK?

The UK’s 2025 Resilience Action Plan points in the same direction: whole-of-society
resilience and stronger integration of voluntary, community and faith groups with responders.
The intent is there – now comes delivery.

Where the Joint Civil Aid Corps can help

At JCAC, we’re building the practical pieces a modern “Total Defence” needs at the
community level:
• Operational doctrine and callout resilience that plug into multi-agency command
and non-digital fallbacks.
• Community-first capability and household preparedness content (our upcoming
Britain Ready booklet), aligned to proven public guidance approaches.
• CitizenAid-aligned first-aid messaging that normalises confident action before
Responders arrive.

Our view:
The UK should match Norway’s ambition with a practical, UK-shaped programme
that:
1. runs an annual national civil-military exercise with public participation;

2. sets a clear public baseline for household preparedness; and

3. fully integrates voluntary organisations into planning, training and response.

If you’re in government, an LRF, a blue-light service, or a national business with critical
functions – let’s talk. JCAC stands ready to help turn policy intent into capability on the
ground.

Onwards & Upwards.



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Sources & context:

• Norway’s Total Defence Year 2026 and the role of civil society and business.

https://www.havtil.no/en/explore-technical-subjects2/technical-
competence/features/2025/we-too-when-required/

• Cold Response 2026 integrating total-defence elements with allied forces.

Norwegian Armed Forces
https://www.forsvaret.no/en/exercises-and-operations/exercises/cr26

• Norway’s long-term defence pledge and civil-military readiness uplift.

Norwegian Government summary
https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/0faae3f9efcf4c2fa0f43e2a15bfbc1d/en-gb/pdfs/the-norwegian-defence-pledge.pdf

• UK Resilience Action Plan (2025) – whole-of-society and voluntary-sector integration.

GOV.UK / plain-English summary
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-resilience-action-plan/uk-government-resilience-action-plan-html

04/02/2026

Norway has declared 2026 its national
“Total Defence” year – an all-of-society push
that joins government, municipalities, business,
volunteers and the public into one resilient
system. It’s a confident message: defence and
civil preparedness are inseparable, and
Everyone has a role to play.

Alongside massive investment and a major
allied exercise (Cold Response 2026), Norway is hard-wiring civil-military integration and
citizen preparedness into routine practice – the norm, not the exception.

What about the UK?

The UK’s 2025 Resilience Action Plan points in the same direction: whole-of-society
resilience and stronger integration of voluntary, community and faith groups with responders.
The intent is there – now comes delivery.

Where the Joint Civil Aid Corps can help

At JCAC, we’re building the practical pieces a modern “Total Defence” needs at the
community level:
• Operational doctrine and callout resilience that plug into multi-agency command
and non-digital fallbacks.
• Community-first capability and household preparedness content (our upcoming
Britain Ready booklet), aligned to proven public guidance approaches.
• CitizenAid-aligned first-aid messaging that normalises confident action before
Responders arrive.

Our view:
The UK should match Norway’s ambition with a practical, UK-shaped programme
that:
1. runs an annual national civil-military exercise with public participation;

2. sets a clear public baseline for household preparedness; and

3. fully integrates voluntary organisations into planning, training and response.

If you’re in government, an LRF, a blue-light service, or a national business with critical
functions – let’s talk. JCAC stands ready to help turn policy intent into capability on the
ground.

Onwards & Upwards.



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Sources & context:

• Norway’s Total Defence Year 2026 and the role of civil society and business.

https://www.havtil.no/en/explore-technical-subjects2/technical-
competence/features/2025/we-too-when-required/

• Cold Response 2026 integrating total-defence elements with allied forces.

Norwegian Armed Forces
https://www.forsvaret.no/en/exercises-and-operations/exercises/cr26

• Norway’s long-term defence pledge and civil-military readiness uplift.

Norwegian Government summary
https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/0faae3f9efcf4c2fa0f43e2a15bfbc1d/en-
gb/pdfs/the-norwegian-defence-pledge.pdf

• UK Resilience Action Plan (2025) – whole-of-society and voluntary-sector integration.

GOV.UK / plain-English summary
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-resilience-action-plan/uk-
government-resilience-action-plan-html

15/01/2026

Support Our Work Through Easyfundraising

We are pleased to share that supporters can contribute simply by shopping online — at no extra cost — through Easyfundraising.

Easyfundraising partners with over 8,000 retailers across various sectors, including travel, technology, groceries, homeware, and clothing. When you start your online shopping via the Easyfundraising website or app and choose our organisation as your cause, participating retailers will make a small donation to us as a thank‑you for your purchase.

How It Works

• Create a free Easyfundraising account
• Choose our organisation as your cause
• Begin your online shopping through the Easyfundraising platform
• Retailers donate automatically, with no additional cost to you

Why It Matters

These donations directly support our day-to-day operations, training, equipment, and community projects. It’s an easy, cost-free way for supporters to help us continue our work.

We thank everyone who supports us this way and encourage you to share this opportunity with friends, family, and colleagues who might wish to contribute.

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

Welcome to the Corps. We are a registered charity that aims to provide voluntary emergency support. The Corps aims to bring communities together by helping them build self-reliance when it comes to emergency preparedness and resilience. The best way to make that happen is to offer communities the op...

13/01/2026

📣 Calling All UK Businesses: Stand With Us in 2026 📣

In 2026, we invite businesses across the United Kingdom to join us in strengthening community resilience, empowering volunteers, and investing in a safer, more prepared nation. Your organisation has the power to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

Why Your Support Is Important

Businesses are central to strong, connected, and resilient communities. By contributing to our 2026 Community Resilience Fund, you help us:

• Equip volunteers with essential training, uniforms, and operational resources
• Strengthen partnerships with Councils, Emergency Services, and local communities
• Provide rapid-response capabilities during incidents, events, and public emergencies
• Build long-term resilience through education, outreach, and preparedness programmes

Every contribution directly improves our ability to serve, protect, and uplift communities across the UK.

Ways Your Business Can Contribute

Your organisation can support our mission through several impactful methods:

• Financial Donations — One-off or ongoing contributions to sustain year-round operations
• Corporate Sponsorships — Support for equipment, training programmes, or community events
• In-Kind Support — Donation of supplies, venues, logistics, or professional expertise
• Employee Engagement — Encouraging staff volunteering, matched giving, or workplace fundraising

We collaborate closely with each partner to ensure transparency, accountability, and clear reporting on the effect of your support.

Why Partner With Us

Partnering with us is more than charity — it’s a strategic investment in your community and your brand:

• Show meaningful corporate social responsibility
• Improve local reputation and public trust
• Empower your workforce through purpose-driven engagement
• Contribute to a safer, more resilient society for all
• Receive a supporter sticker for vehicles and buildings
• Obtain paperwork with relevant information about the Corps
• Access monthly updates on our work, plans, and the impact of your contribution

Make 2026 a Year of Impact

Your partnership allows us to continue the vital work — protecting communities, supporting volunteers, and building a stronger future together.

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk

05/01/2026

Twenty Twenty Six Could Be Your Year.

Imagine what 2026 could become if you decide to step forward and volunteer with us today!

If you choose to start your journey in 2026, your life could look like this:

• Supporting communities through training and operations that expand your experience and strengthen your purpose.
• Build lasting friendships through challenge, shared commitment, and the moments that shape who you become.
• Gain recognised qualifications and practical skills that open doors within Civil Defence and beyond.
• Grow stronger, more capable, and more confident as you discover a resilience you never knew you had.
• Become part of a proud legacy of service, upholding the standards and traditions of National Civil Defence.
• Find a second family — a team that supports, drives, and stands with you through every challenge.

Twenty Twenty Six could be the year everything changes.

The year you choose to volunteer, challenge yourself, and build a future with pride and purpose.

If you’re ready to step forward —we are ready to welcome you.

Service. Community. Commitment.

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Want to learn more or get involved?
📧 Contact us by email:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]

🔎 Visit our homepage at:
jcac.org.uk