Where to find news Expand You can get up to date information during an emergency through: Bridge Renewal Trust Newsletter Haringey Council’s Facebook page Haringey Council’s Twitter page BBC London radio – 94.9FM Met Office weather warnings Environment Agency flood alerts NHS website London Fire Brigade Haringey Twitter page
What to consider when sharing a message Expand During emergencies, you may receive information from different government departments, emergency services, and community partners. You can help residents to better navigate the wealth of resources available by organising information and directing them to the most up-to-date and relevant source. Important to note that misinformation can be easily spread. This can happen for many reasons, including information becoming quickly outdated, or unconfirmed messages passing by word-of mouth. If you want to help by spreading helpful messages to your community, always share up-to-date information from official sources, such as the channels suggested here
How to communicate with other colleagues supporting the community Expand Joining local networks can be useful for mutual help and sharing information. Haringey has a long list of networks and forums that you can join. Online communities such as NavNet can be helpful in an emergency. NavNet is a community made up of people who work in Haringey and whose combined knowledge is channelled to support each other to help Haringey residents. NavNet exists as an online support portal (WhatsApp) and via regular in-person networking support events. For more information, please email [email protected]
Resources you can share with your community now to raise awareness of risks and community preparedness Expand You can start now to raise awareness of risks and help communities to plan and prepare ahead of emergencies. These are some useful resources that you can share with the residents you support, particularly when they live in areas at risk. Click here for Haringey Council’s guidance for emergencies such as flooding, power cuts, hot weather, how to plan for an emergency and what to do in an emergency. Click here for the Mayor of London’s guidance on flash flooding including a flash flooding awareness leaflet. Click here for resources collated by the VCS Emergencies partnership on winter preparedness. Click here to know more the Priority Services Register and the support they can offer in the event of a power cut. Click here for resources by the British Red Cross on how to prepare an emergency kit.