Community-led recovery webinar
In 2022/2023, RUKI participated in the Community-led recovery: evidence, dimensions and supports for Community Recovery Committees project led by a team at The University of Melbourne. The project provided guidance and tools to Community Recovery Committees, building...
Report on Mutual Aid in Greater Uki released
The Plan C Research team recently completed a detailed report on Mutual Aid (neighbours helping each other in times of crisis) in Greater Uki. Led by Dr Claire McLisky and funded by the French humanitarian think-tank Groupe URD, the study was undertaken as part of a...
Cyclone Alfred Update
Information current as at 8.30am 6th March 2025 Well, we are right in the midst of a very big weather event in our region, just a few days out from the third anniversary of the 2022 floods that are still so fresh in our minds. Fortunately, we've had a much longer lead...
Free Chainsaw Safety & Maintenance Workshop–New date
This event is now happening on Saturday, March 22nd There is a free chainsaw safety & maintenance workshop coming up Saturday, March 22 8.30am-1.30pm SES Headquarters, Kyogle Rd, MURWILLUMBAH WHAT TO EXPECT: While you won’t be actually operating a chainsaw during...
Better flood warning systems needed south of Murwillumbah
How can we find out if the river is flooded or about to flood? Neither the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) flood warning service nor the Tweed Shire Council flood monitoring cameras are useful indicators upstream of Murwillumbah as they only cover downstream locations on the river plain. Uki’s local roads are flooded long before then.
Connection & kindness are key to resilient communities – podcast episode
Blog post authored by: Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Rural communities have very little control over when natural disasters will strike, but they have an enormous amount of power to foster the connection and self-reliance that will see them better able to...
Leading through crisis into a resilient future for the Northern Rivers
RUKI's president Melanie Bloor and treasurer Geoffrey Colwill appeared in this recent article on the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Website, following on from Melanie's participation in the The Leading Australian Resilient Communities program (LARC). LARC is a...
When disaster strikes …
Click on 'The Conversation' logo to read an interesting article about community responding to disaster.
Uki & Byrrill Creek leaders contribute to journal article
RUKI's President Melanie Bloor and Byrrill Creek CRT Team Leader Natascha Wernick authored a paper in the October 2023 edition of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Co-authored with Dr Mel Taylor, Associate Professor at Macquarie University and partner at...
Much to be thankful for in Neighbourhoods Project
After 12 months funding from Healthy North Coast, ‘The Neighbourhoods Project’ funded activity came to a close at the end of October. But that doesn't mean that the ‘neighbourhood groups’ themselves finish up. The whole idea behind the project was to set up a system...
Stomp celebrates our wonderful community
Stomp celebrates our wonderful community Nick Hanlon & Carmen Myler The Uki Stomp on 30th July was a fabulous community celebration, and we are delighted to announce after budget acquittal that we raised just over $18,000. Big thanks are due to everyone who...
Chainsaw Workshop
Please se details below for the upcoming 'Safe Use and Maintenance of Chainsaws' training.