Community Resilience and Emergency Planning
In times of crisis, it’s essential that communities come together. Community resilience empowers local people to take charge—not only to help prevent emergencies, but also to respond effectively when they do happen.
Holme St Cuthbert Parish Council is playing its part. The Parish Resilience and Emergency Steering Group has drafted a plan outlining how our community will respond in times of emergency. This plan is the result of valuable input from both parish councillors and parishioners, whose efforts and insights have shaped its development. Importantly, this is a living document. It will continue to evolve as more people get involved, new resources become available, and as we learn from practice exercises or real-life events. While we’ve done our best to anticipate a range of scenarios, no plan can cover every possible situation. Gaps may become clear over time—but with continued collaboration, we’ll keep strengthening our community’s preparedness.
HStC Community and Emergency Plan
Read our latest version: Download PDF of Holme St Cuthbert Parish Council Community Resilience and Emergency Plan (version 01.04.2025)
Resilience and Emergency Planning Meetings
The Parish Resilience and Emergency Steering Group are keen to involve local residents and businesses in the improvements to the plan and hwo we respond to emergencies. Copies of the minutes of the meetings will be uploaded to this page along with notifications of the next meeting.
Things you can do
There are many things we can do at home to prepare for emergencies. The Parish Resilience Steering Group are researching useful information, website links and contacts that can help households to do this. We will update this page when we have the information.
In the meantime, visit the Cumbria Prepared “Preparing for Emergencies” webpage.
More Information?
To find out more or get involved please contact the Parish Clark. (see link below)