Training, peer support, events, templates and information for communities across Highland, Orkney and Shetland Local Authority areas who are planning or carrying out community resilience activities and plans.

Join our monthly Community Resilience Connect events to hear from other communities carrying out this work, agencies, activities and initiatives to support you and your community resilience efforts.

Our work within communities and with partners across Highland and the Northern Isles has strongly identified the need for our places to be resilient and ready to adapt in the face of not just our world feeling the impacts of climate change but societal and economic challenges in our modern world.

Across Highland and the Northern Isles our communities already have people who look out for each other, places that bring us together and an abundance of local knowledge which identifies our own risks, challenges and strengths.

Community Resilience Connect is a space to share those strengths, learn from each other and the agencies, organisations and initiatives which can help our community resilience journey to take the steps to feel more prepared.

You’ll find here resources, support, news and events to create and strengthen resilience in your community whether your community has an established plan or are just starting the conversation. .

If you would like to know more about events, training and when new information is published please join our Community Resilience Connect Mailing List below and follow down the page for more information.

Where to start on your community resilience journey

Start a Community Plan

Find Trusted Information

Connect with Others

““Scotland’s communities are made up of resilient individuals and households who are able as far as possible to take care of themselves and those around them, and who are connected with each other and with organisations and communities that can collaborate to harness their resources and expertise to plan for, respond to, and recover from emergencies, in a way that complements the work of the emergency responders.””

— Scottish Government

Start or Strengthen your Community Resilience Plan

Resources & Further Information

Ready Scotland
The Ready Scotland website provides guidance, information, templates and information to help communities and individual householders prepare for and take practical steps to protect yourself and your community.

Highland Council: Community Planning advice & templates
Are you or your community in the Highland Council area? Find up to date information on advice and guidance, strategies and initiatives across Highland.

Orkney Islands Council: Emergency Planning
Are you or your community in the Orkney Islands Council Area? Information including plans and links from OIC and other organisations can be found here aimed at helping you and your community.

Shetland Partnership: Community Resilience for Islands
Are you or your community in the Shetland Islands Council Area? The lastest update on Community Resilience Planning from the Shetland Partnership details work across the Isles addressing the unique barriers, challenges and strengths in our Island communities.

How to start a Community Resilience Plan

Strengthen a Community Resilience Plan

Trusted Information when you need it

If someone is in immediate danger, call 999. The links below help you prepare, check official information and find the right service.

Call 999, if someone is in danger or immediate help is needed immediately; 101 for a non-emergency.
The Met Office publish regular Weather Warnings and you can subscribe to email updates
SEPA can provide a host of information including the opportunity to sign up to Floodline and receive updates should there be a flood alert in your area and you can view any live flood updates
In the event of power disruption SSEN power-cut information is available and you can also call 105 for information. Information is also available and you can sign up to the Priority Services Register for extra support for yourself or other members of your community,
Scottish Water both publish and you can look up any current water supply issues on their website. You can also sign up here for service updates by postcode including multiple postcodes if responding on behalf of your community or looking after a loved one.
For the Trunk Road network live traffic information can be found on the Traffic Scotland website.
Scottish Fire & Rescue Service have published information to help you and your community learn what causes wildfires, how to prevent them and the strategies they use to fight them.
Scottish Fire & Rescue Services home fire safety visits includes a questionnaire that directs people to tailored advice or assesses eligibility for a visit.