Greater Manchester a resilient city region U-Score Essential 7 In partnership with: European Commission Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection Salford United Kingdom Amadora Portugal Stoke-on-Trent United Kingdom Arvika Sweden Jönköping Sweden

Essential 7: Increase societal and cultural resilience Social ‘connectedness' and a culture of mutual help has a major impact on the actual outcomes of disasters of any given magnitude

Essential 7: Methodology Trying to establish data sources Use of survey data Complete some questions with media group To discuss completed essential and proposed scores at multi-agency steering group (RDG)

Challenges Of all essentials completed to date, probably the one where the indicators and underpinning assumptions are the furthest away from how we do things Looking at alternative measures of community resilience Difficulties sourcing data Probably Essential where the indicators link less directly to former Essentials completed under LGSAT

Essential 7.1: Coverage of grass roots organization(s) throughout the city; effectiveness of grass roots network; social connectedness and neighbourhood cohesion Approach suggested through grass roots organisations not how we would work: we would not aspire to have grass roots organisations addressing the full spectrum of disaster resilience issues in every neighbourhood The indicative measure for social cohesion (communication) is not our definition (integration/cooperation of diverse communities)

Essential Engagement of vulnerable segments of the population UK civil contingencies framework suggests a ‘list of lists’ approach to vulnerable people Recognises vulnerability is affected by the type of hazard and its impacts Places emphasis on knowing how to identify who is vulnerable in a particular emergency and from where to get data, contact details etc. Need real time data: approach recognises people move in and out of being vulnerable Emphasis on getting good scientific and technical advice in an emergency to understand issues such as vulnerability

Essential 7.2: Private sector employers Extent to which employers act as a channel with employees: with over 98,000 businesses in the city region, not considered a measurable indicator in Greater Manchester Business continuity planning: data collected through annual business survey Likely to propose score of 4: 80% of all employers with more than 10 employees have some form of BCP However, city will not be validating planning assumptions. UK generates business relevant planning assumptions. Advice from local Councils and professional bodies. Greater Manchester specific risks in Community Risk Register (published)

7.3: Systems of Engagement Emphasis on mobile devices doesn’t reflect demographics of local communities Network of varied alert mechanisms: weather; flooding; twitter feeds; BBC Connecting In A Crisis SMS trials have been held in UK – will require legislative change to push community wide SMS alerts

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