A new CFA research project aims to help Brigades in supporting their members through difficult times, and it will start by asking Brigades to talk about their own practical experience.
CFA’s Brigade Social Support Project is looking at the way Brigades support their members during potentially traumatic events and during day to day issues of hardship, such as distress from life events, distress from interpersonal conflict, or family and financial pressures.
The result will be a Brigade Social Support Framework document that collects that hard earned wisdom into what will be a good resource for Brigades everywhere.
The research will involve meetings and discussions between May and July, most of them conducted by a CFA volunteer researcher. If members of your Brigade have experience or ideas to offer, that show what works and what doesn’t work, please contact Peter Davis at CFA by Friday 10 May 2013.
You can contact Peter at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on (03) 9262 8069.
CFA has posted an article with more details at https://news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/learning-from-brigades-social-supp.html
