Community Emergency Hubs are community-run spaces where local people can come together to support one another and take swift, safe and effective action in the early stages of an emergency, before emergency services are able to arrive.

During an emergency, services will always prioritise the most urgent calls, which means they may not be able to reach everyone immediately. A Community Emergency Hub helps our village respond together and provide support where it is most needed.

A Community Emergency Hub kit is kept in the cupboard above the kitchen sink in the Village Hall. The kit is a small plastic box containing instructions and resources to help local people set up and run the Hub until emergency services are available.

These Hubs depend on local volunteers – people from the community who are willing to turn up, help others and work together when it matters most.

To find out more about emergency preparedness and how communities can become more resilient, visit:

Devon & Cornwall Local Resilience Forum
https://www.dcisprepared.org.uk/

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If an emergency did happen in your area, how would you manage?
What about your relatives, friends, and neighbours – do you know anyone who might need some extra help or support?

This Government website has advice about how to prepare, and a downloadable and printable household emergency plan to record this information in one document: https://prepare.campaign.gov.uk/get-prepared-for-emergencies/

The link to the household emergency plan is in the fourth paragraph of the ‘Make a plan’ section. 

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