Blythe McLennan

Dr Blythe McLennan

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Dr Blythe McLennan

Project leadership

Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering
This project had two parts: Emergency volunteering 2030, led by Dr Blythe McLennan, and Changing management practice, led by Dr Patrick Dunlop.The goal of this researcg was to improve the long-term sustainability of the volunteer workforce, and better engage the potential of volunteering to build disaster resilience in Australian communities.
Research team:
dkragt, aluksyte, dholtrop, mgagné, tkruger, jhandmer, hfarid

Research team

Type Project Research team
CRC Core Project Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering jwhittaker, bmclennan, tkruger
Photo: CFA
07/2022
Report
Emergency Services Workforce 2030
McLennan,B.,Chong,J.,Dunlop,P.
CFA, SES, paramedics, police and defence force work together in Victoria. Source: Country Fire Authority
07/2022
Report
Emergency Services Workforce 2030: Changing work literature review
Chong,J.,McLennan,B.,Dunlop,P.
Source: ACT SES
05/2022
Report
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from emergency response volunteer r...
McLennan,B.
Photo: Blythe McLennan
07/2022
Report
Emergency Services Workforce 2030: Changing landscape literature revie...
McLennan,B.,Chong,J.,Dunlop,P.
: SA SES volunteers clearing up after a storm. Photo: SA State Emergency Service
01/2021
Report
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering - annual report 2019-2020
McLennan,B.,Dunlop,P.,Kragt,D.,Holtrop,D.,Gagné,M.,Luksyte,A.,Farid,H.
Adapted from https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Instrument
02/2021
Journal Article
The influence of satellite imagery on landscape perception
Saldias,D.San Martin,Reinke,K.,McLennan,B.,Wallace,L.
Photo: NSW SES
08/2021
Report
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering – final project report
McLennan,B.,Dunlop,P.,Kragt,D.,Holtrop,D.,Gagné,M.,Luksyte,A.,Farid,H.
Photo: SA SES
06/2020
Report
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual report 2018-19
McLennan,B.,Dunlop,P.,Kragt,D.,Kruger,T.,Holtrop,D.,Gagné,M.,Luksyte,A.,Farid,H.
NSW SES volunteers clearing storm debris. Photo credit: NSW SES.
02/2020
Journal Article
Navigating authority and legitimacy when ‘outsider’ volunteers co-prod...
McLennan,B.,Whittaker,J.,Kruger,T.,Handmer,J.
Emergency volunteering is an essential part of a crisis.
06/2019
Report
Emergency volunteering shared learning network
McLennan,B.
Delegates at AFAC19, Melbourne.
12/2019
Conference Paper
What's wrong and what needs fixing? Stakeholder perspectives on m...
McLennan,B.
02/2019
Report
Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism
McLennan,B.,Kruger,T.
Emergency volunteering 2030 - environmental scan report no.3. Photo: Visual Hunt and Unsplash.
08/2019
Report
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector
Kruger,T.,McLennan,B.
09/2018
Conference Paper
Emergency volunteering 2030: a sector-wide, management perspective
Kruger,T.,McLennan,B.
11/2018
Report
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual project report 201...
McLennan,B.,Dunlop,P.,Kragt,D.,Kruger,T.,Holtrop,D.,Gagné,M.,Luksyte,A.,Handmer,J.
09/2018
Conference Paper
Volunteering into the future – disaster events, local governments...
Kruger,T.,McLennan,B.
12/2018
Report
Emergency volunteering 2030: views from local government managers
Kruger,T.,McLennan,B.
08/2016
Journal Article
The changing landscape of disaster volunteering: opportunities, respon...
McLennan,B.,Whittaker,J.,Handmer,J.
02/2016
Journal Article
Extending into community-led preparedness and planning just enough (bu...
McLennan,B.
31 Dec 2020
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering
emergency management, volunteering
Key findings: Workforce 2030: A utilisationproject from the Enabling Sustainable Emergency...
31 Aug 2020
Emergency volunteering 2030: a sector-wide snapshot
communities, emergency management
Key findings: The difference between a future where emergency volunteeringstruggles or flourishes...
27 Aug 2019
Volunteers and their supporters want more direct, regular access to research; shared learning networks can fill the gap – with time.
volunteering
‘Stuck in the middle with you’: Lessons learned from convening a shared learning network as an...
Volunteer sustainability is about much more than recruitment and retention
18 Sep 2018
Volunteer sustainability is about much more than recruitment and retention
emergency management, recruitment
We asked 26 government and non-government volunteer managers about volunteer sustainability. You...
Strategies for non-traditional emergency volunteers
30 Jun 2017
Strategies for non-traditional emergency volunteers
non-traditional recruitment, resilience
A risk-benefit framework has been designed to assist decision-makers in emergency management...
Joshua Whittaker Conference Poster 2016
12 Aug 2016
Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering
infrastructure, resilience
Citizen participation is a key principle of disaster risk reduction and resilience building.
Community-Led Bushfire Preparedness in Action: The Case of Be Ready Warrandyte
18 Aug 2015
Community-Led Bushfire Preparedness in Action: The Case of Be Ready Warrandyte
communities, fire
Be Ready Warrandyte (BRW) was an award-winning, community-led bushfire preparedness project...
Out of Uniform: Building Community Resilience Through Non-Traditional Emergency Volunteering
18 Aug 2015
Out of Uniform: Building Community Resilience Through Non-Traditional Emergency Volunteering
non-traditional recruitment, resilience
The public is usually first on the scene in an emergency or disaster and remain long after official...
Out of uniform: Building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering
25 Aug 2014
Out of uniform: Building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering
Citizens may play vital roles in helping those affected to respond and recover, and can provide...

Resources credited

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Presentation-Audio-Video 13 Aug 2020 Enabling sustainable volunteering - adapting the sector - project update July 2020 File Save (0 bytes) non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 13 Aug 2020 Enabling sustainable volunteering - adapting the sector - project update July 2020 presentation slides PDF icon Save (2.39 MB) non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
HazardNoteEdition 26 Sep 2019 Understanding models for spontaneous volunteering PDF icon Save (2.25 MB) non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 27 Aug 2019 Where should we be going, and are we on our way yet? Stakeholder perspectives on making the future of emergency volunteering PDF icon Save (1.59 MB) volunteering
Presentation-Audio-Video 19 Aug 2019 EVN webinar five - helping the helpers: community sector volunteering for emergency management and community resilience File Save (0 bytes) emergency management, volunteering
Presentation-Audio-Video 20 Jun 2019 EVN webinar four - planning for spontaneous volunteers with Volunteering Qld - 22 May 2019 File Save (0 bytes) communities, emergency management, land management
Presentation-Audio-Video 24 May 2019 EVN webinar three - mobilising spontaneous volunteers: recent experiences File Save (0 bytes) communication, emergency management, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 08 May 2019 Sustainable volunteering projects Out of uniform and Adapting the sector RAF May 2019 PDF icon Save (805.54 KB) communities, resilience
Presentation-Audio-Video 27 Feb 2019 Webinar - Emergency volunteering 2030 by Dr Blythe McLennan File Save (0 bytes) emergency management, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 19 Sep 2018 Emergency volunteering 2030: A sector-wide, management perspective PDF icon Save (1.74 MB) emergency management, multi-hazard, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 19 Sep 2018 Volunteering into the future: disaster events, local governments and communities PDF icon Save (4.97 MB) communities, emergency management, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 17 Apr 2018 Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: Adapting the Sector PDF icon Save (3.12 MB) emergency management, multi-hazard, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 12 Oct 2017 Adapting the sector: enabling sustainable emergency volunteering project (stage 1) PDF icon Save (1.28 MB) emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Jul 2017 Lightning presentation: enabling sustainable emergency volunteering - why and for what outcomes? PDF icon Save (748.26 KB) emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
HazardNoteEdition 18 Apr 2017 The changing landscape of emergency volunteering in Australia PDF icon Save (411.5 KB) non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 18 Apr 2017 The Out of Uniform Project: Building Community Resilience Through Non-Traditional Volunteering PDF icon Save (1.64 MB) non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 18 Apr 2017 Extending Into Community-Led Preparedness and Planning PDF icon Save (563.18 KB) non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 30 Aug 2016 Harnessing the capacities of spontaneous volunteers: application and adaptation of the Queensland model - Blythe McLennan PDF icon Save (1.61 MB) communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 30 Aug 2016 Opportunities and challenges of citizen-led recovery in post-disaster settings - Josh Whittaker PDF icon Save (2.29 MB) communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 17 May 2016 Out of uniform PDF icon Save (2.54 MB) communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 11 Sep 2015 The future of 'non-traditional' emergency volunteering PDF icon Save (1.85 MB) volunteering
HazardNoteEdition 10 Jul 2015 Ensuring volunteering is sustainable PDF icon Save (150.91 KB) non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 10 Apr 2015 Out of Uniform 2015 NSW RAF Presentation PDF icon Save (2.48 MB) non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Presentation-Audio-Video 27 Oct 2014 Building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering capability, non-traditional recruitment
Presentation-Slideshow 08 Sep 2014 Building community resilience through informal emergency volunteering PDF icon Save (1.12 MB) non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Aug 2014 Sharing Responsibility and Non-Traditional Volunteering PDF icon Save (1.63 MB) non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Presentation-Slideshow 27 Mar 2014 Out of uniform PDF icon Save (877.64 KB) capability, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering

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