Did you know that the Burdekin Community Association Inc. (BCA) plays a significant role in Burdekin Community Recovery?
In my role as BCA’s CEO, I’m the Burdekin Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) Welfare Coordinator and member of the Townsville District Human and Social Recovery and Resilience Committee.
The team and I help to provide Human and Social community recovery planning and operations. We work with council, state government agencies, other service providers and community groups to provide recovery assistance to affected members of the community during and post a disaster event. This may include emotional, social and physical well-being services.
Both the BCA Support Centre (130 Queen St, Ayr) and Burdekin Centre for Rural Health (12a Chippendale St, Ayr) are designated Burdekin Community Recovery Hubs, by local and state government. Community Recovery Hubs are a place where residents who are experiencing hardship can apply for grants and obtain emotional and wellbeing support.
I’m pleased to say that we were able to assist the community by making the BCA Support Centre available for the Burdekin Shire Community Recovery pop-up hub this week.
People suffering hardship or requiring emotional support as a result of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily, were able to visit the Support Centre. They were assisted by State Government Community Recovery workers, Red Cross personnel and BCA staff. The ways in which they were supported included emotional support, food relief, referrals to other services and government financial assistance to help them recover from the effects of the cyclone.
Debra Cochran
Chief Executive Officer
BCA staff Rebecca Grogan, Aimee Cursio, Jennine Brown and Melissa Swindley welcomed State Government Community Recovery worker Tammie Harrison (second from left) last week
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