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Resilient Lismore, a collaborative community-run disaster response network, has set up a website for the community to request help from volunteers.
The website allows you to:
Request Help
Volunteer
Donate
The community organisation is calling for as many community members as possible to register as volunteers to help residents clean up.
It is also looking for people with a wide variety of skills and trades to register as a volunteer to assist.
They have a huge task ahead and volunteers might not arrive immediately, but Resilient Lismore is working as hard as it can to connect people with the help that is available.
Resilient Lismore also has tents set up at the Community Support Facility in the Harold Fredericks Carpark opposite Oakes Oval, and at the Bulk Foods building across the road at 119 Magellan St where a team member can help you log your requests.
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Yesterday the Governor and Mr Wilson visited the flood affected community of Lismore.
They met with residents, volunteers, organisations involved in the flood response and recovery efforts, and local community groups.
A thank you was extended to CASPA, Koori Mail, Ngulingah LALC, Heartfelt House, NORWACS, Lismore City Council, the Lismore Flood Recovery and Evacuation Centres, and the Lifeline Community Distribution Centre. Extraordinary efforts in such challenging conditions.
The Governor and Mr Wilson are also visiting the Ballina area.
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Service NSW is currently seeking customer focussed individuals for 6 weeks to work on our Service and Recovery Centres as casual Customer Service representatives.
You will be working to assist members of the community to access support, grants, and other government services. You will be working in a fast-paced environment and these roles will be front facing.
If you like helping people, have great customer service experience and have high energy and can start straight away please email your resume to david.mcallister@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Service NSW needs people at the following locations:
Lismore, Ballina, Evans Head, Maclean, Casino, Murwillumbah and Grafton.
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To allow Essential Energy carry out crucial work, Traffic Control will be in place tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 March) to divert traffic from entering the CBD between 6am and 6pm.
This includes part closures of Magellan, Keen, Woodlark and Molesworth streets.
Traffic will be able to come over the bridge and turn left to the police station.
Business owners can enter once directed by Traffic Control.
This significant work is the first step in a long process needed to secure the long-term safe and reliable power supply to the 700-plus business customers throughout the affected CBD.
We thank you for your patience as we carry out this important repair.
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Public Works Advisory continues to coordinate the Clean Up of flood waste from flood affected areas of Northern Rivers NSW, including the Lismore LGA.
So far the Clean Up has prioritised the Lismore CBD and main roads in/out of Lismore (including North, East and South Lismore).
Clean Up has also begun in our neighbouring LGAs as flood waters receded.
For our LGA, the Clean Up is now moving beyond the main streets in the CBD, North Lismore, East Lismore and South Lismore.
The Clean Up will then move into rural areas as crews become available. Plans are currently being developed for how the rural Clean Up will be staged, and you will be kept updated once plans are finalised.
The entire Clean Up of Lismore and its villages is a phased approach, which means Clean Up crews will return again after the initial waste removal.
To assist with this huge task, we ask businesses and property owners who still have flood waste material that needs to be disposed of from upper levels of their buildings to contact Council on 6625 0500.
This will allow us to create a register so that waste removal and collection can be prioritised as subsequent rounds of clean up take place.
We thank the community for their patience during this massive Clean Up effort.
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Yesterday the following additional financial and assistance packages were announced.
An additional two weekly disaster payments automatic at the current rate of $1,000 per adult and $400 per child. This will be automatic if you have already applied.
Support for Norco to support jobs and help restore their operations.
$10 million to support the mental health of school-aged children. This will be through the ‘Resilient Kids’ program.
$10 million to boost existing legal assistance services.
$25 million for emergency relief, food relief and financial counselling services.
$6.9 million in support payments of $10,000 to assist early childhood education and care (ECEC) services that have been closed for more than seven days. More severely impacted services will also be able to apply for Community Child Care Fund Special Circumstances grants.
$31.2 million to deliver immediate and longer term local mental health support services for individuals, families, and communities impacted by the disaster.
$4.7 million to ensure the immediate continuity of primary health care services for flood-impacted Australians.
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Resilient Lismore, a collaborative community-run disaster response network, has set up a website for the community to request help from volunteers.
The community organisation is also calling for as many community members as possible to register as volunteers. It is looking for people with a wide variety of skills and abilities and encourage as many people to register as possible.
They have a huge task ahead and volunteers might not arrive immediately, but Resilient Lismore is working as hard as it can to connect people with the help that is available.
Resilient Lismore also has tents set up at the Community Support Facility in the Harold Fredicks Carpark opposite Oaks Oval where a team can help you log your requests.
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The Disaster Recovery Centre located at Southern Cross University Block V provides impacted community members with information and access to Service NSW, Service Australia, ACON, Dept of Housing, Dept of Community Justice, charities, numerous insurers, Resilience NSW, Legal Aid, Telstra and much more.
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The Governor-General, who is today in Lismore, has shared a message of support from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to all impacted by the floods in New South Wales and Queensland.
The message reads:
“It is with the greatest sadness that once again my wife and I express our distress, as well as immense concern and sympathy, following the tragic deaths and devastation caused by widespread flooding in Queensland and New South Wales.
“Having visited many of the affected areas over the years, I am deeply shocked by the extent of this flooding across rural areas, as well as in major cities such as Brisbane and Sydney.
“My wife and I were first struck by the appalling images from Lismore, and other communities in the Northern Rivers region, as well as in South East Queensland. We saw pictures of streets turned into fast flowing rivers and water levels rising to the rooftops of family homes. From the other side of the world we witnessed the valiant efforts of volunteers in small boats rescuing trapped neighbours and strangers alike. We saw interviews with people who, having rebuilt their homes and lives following previous floods, know they must go through the painful process of rebuilding again. It is incredibly distressing to learn that thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable, beyond repair.
“Our heartfelt thoughts are with those families and friends who have lost loved ones, and with the many thousands of people in Queensland and New South Wales whose livelihoods and businesses have received yet another blow after the privations caused by the Covid pandemic.
“These floods, along with the ferocious bushfires in Australia that shocked the world just over two years ago, remind us all that extreme weather events are becoming much more common. Climate change is not just about rising temperatures. It is also about the increased frequency and intensity of dangerous weather events, once considered rare.
“So it is with profound regret that I once again express untold sympathy to Australians whose lives have been devastated by these floods, but also admiration for the selfless role played by all those involved in the rescue and recovery efforts, including those now delivering food, water and fuel to people and communities isolated by these floods. From previous floods you have endured I know there are many painful months ahead of clean-up and recovery.
“My great admiration for the resilience, courage and compassion of the Australian people in moments like these knows no bounds.”
Resilient Lismore, a collaborative community-run disaster response network, has set up a website for the community to request help from volunteers.The website allows you to:Request HelpVolunteerDonateThe community organisation is calling for as many community members as possible to register as volunteers to help residents clean up.It is also looking for people with a wide variety of skills and trades to register as a volunteer to assist.They have a huge task ahead and volunteers might not arrive immediately, but Resilient Lismore is working as hard as it can to connect people with the help that is available.Resilient Lismore also has tents set up at the Community Support Facility in the Harold Fredericks Carpark opposite Oakes Oval, and at the Bulk Foods building across the road at 119 Magellan St where a team member can help you log your requests.To register for help or to volunteer click https://www.floodhelpnr.com.au/.Resilient Lismore is an entirely volunteer-run network that was created as a response to the 2017 flood.
There is a free hourly bus shuttle between the CBD and Evacuation Centres at GSAC and SCU.It is recommended volunteers use the service as a park and ride approach to entering the CBD to assist in reducing traffic congestion.1st Trip- 9am9am- Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre (GSAC)- Wallerawang Drive Goonellabah9.07am-Southern Cross University (SCU) Evacuation Centre- Rifle Range Road9.10am- Southern Cross University “V” Block- Creative Arts Block9.15am- Support Facility- Lismore Library Car Park- Dawson StDawson St9.18am- KOORI MAIL- Molesworth Street9.25am- KOORI MAIL- Molesworth Street9.30am- Support Facility- Lismore Library Car Park- Magellan St9.35am- Opposite- Southern Cross University “V” Block- Creative Arts Block9.37am- Opposite- Southern Cross University (SCU) Evacuation Centre- Rifle Range Rd9.45am- Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre (GSAC)- Wallerawang Drive Goonellabah2nd Trip- 10am10am- Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre (GSAC)- Wallerawang Drive Goonellabah10.07am-Southern Cross University (SCU) Evacuation CentreRifle Range10.10am- Southern Cross University “V” Block- Creative Arts Block10.15am- Support Facility- Lismore Library Car Park- Dawson St10.18am- KOORI MAIL- Molesworth Street10.25am- KOORI MAIL- Molesworth Street10.30am- Support Facility- Lismore Library Car Park- Magellan St10.35am- Opposite- Southern Cross University “V” Block- Creative Arts Block10.37am- Opposite- Southern Cross University (SCU) Evacuation Centre Rifle Range Rd10.45am- Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre (GSAC)- Wallerawang Drive Goonellabah3rd Trip 11am from GSAC4th Trip noon from GSAC5th Trip 1pm from GSAC6th Trip 2pm from GSAC7th Trip 3pm from GSAC8th Trip 4pm from GSAC9th Trip 5pm from GSAC
Resilient Lismore, a collaborative community-run disaster response network, has set up a website for the community to request help from volunteers.The community organisation is also calling for as many community members as possible to register as volunteers. It is looking for people with a wide variety of skills and abilities and encourage as many people to register as possible.They have a huge task ahead and volunteers might not arrive immediately, but Resilient Lismore is working as hard as it can to connect people with the help that is available.Resilient Lismore also has tents set up at the Community Support Facility in the Harold Fredicks Carpark opposite Oaks Oval where a team can help you log your requests.To register for help or to volunteer go to www.floodhelpnr.com.auResilient Lismore is an entirely volunteer-run network that was created as a response to the 2017 flood.