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Invitation to our NSW SESVA & Ordinary Courage BBQ Events

by NSW SESVA | October 27, 2022
Invitation to our NSW SESVA & Ordinary Courage BBQ Events

NSW SESVA & Ordinary Courage BBQ Event

The NSW SES Volunteers Association have partnered with Ordinary Courage to deliver a mental health and safety program targeted at local emergency service team leaders and deputy leaders referred to as the First Responder Resilience Program [FRRP].

You are invited to our upcoming BBQ Events

BBQ Location: Katoomba - NSW SES / RFS Building, Time: Saturday 19 November - 12:30 pm 3 Valley Road, Katoomba NSW 2780

BBQ Location: Batemans Bay – NSW SES Unit Time: Saturday 26 November - 12pm 2 Flora Cres, Batemans Bay NSW 2536

Families are also most welcome to come along to the BBQ.
Al members and their families are welcome.
RSVP: https://thatworksagency.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bI5Ij6CJ0PpX6Gq
Hope to see you all there!
The purpose of these event are to:
- learn more about what we would find useful,
- chat about ways in which we can get involved in designing the program
- find out how we can access training in 2023.
Mental Health Risk

We know that volunteer emergency service workers have a greater chance of experiencing negative mental health compared to our professional counterparts as we:
o are more likely to know the victims,
o are engaged in high pressure, high stress situations over longer periods and
o don’t have access to as much post disaster social support.

Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant
The Government is investing in the development of a mental health and safety program targeted at local emergency service team leaders and deputy leaders referred to as the First Responder Resilience Program [FRRP].
Using a train the trainer approach, the program will build sustainable mental health leadership capability within each Local Government Area [LGA] across New South Wales. Helping to minimise the negative psychological impacts of major emergency and disaster events and increase individual psychological resilience in volunteers.
The program focuses on developing leaders that are:
Curious – reach in and identify potential problems before they become critical,
Confident – understand mental health and are capable of initiating healthy conversations, and
Connected – actively build relationships across the community.
Hope to see you there!
Kind Regards 

Carlee Maccoll
NSW SES Volunteers Association 
P: 1300 073 782
E: carlee.maccoll@nswsesva.org.au

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