Emergency Volunteering
Queenslanders are no strangers to disasters and emergencies including drought, fire, flood and disease, and from experience we know that volunteers are vital in the disaster recovery phase. Communities and organisations rely on long-term support from volunteers to provide clean-up, essential goods delivery, care, comfort and personal support to affected communities.
What is EV CREW?
Over 46,000 referrals have been made
to volunteer involving organisations
since 2011
Volunteering Queensland has partnered with the Queensland Government and Volunteering ACT to create the EV CREW program.
EV CREW stands for Emergency Volunteering Community Response to Extreme Weather. EV CREW connects councils and community organisations with people who want to help with disaster recovery efforts.
Through EV CREW, Volunteering Queensland facilitates the placement of volunteers with the required skills, availability and locality into the areas of the community that need help the most.
Since our EV CREW service began in 2008, we’ve made over 46,000 volunteer referrals to over 200 disaster preparation or recovery programs.
The difference emergency volunteers can make to a disaster-affected family, community group or business is immeasurable – event months and years after and extreme weather event.
Volunteering Queensland through Emergency Volunteering CREW can help councils and organisations enhance their preparedness and capacity to manage spontaneous emergency volunteers through:
- Recruitment and registration of offers to volunteer
- Matching volunteers with organisations
- Training and sector development
- Development of standard operating procedures
- Resilience building
- Information and advice
Has your community been affected by disaster?
Contact us now to request Emergency Volunteer support in your area
Request Volunteers