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Sue Adkins

International Director
sue.adkins@bitc.org.uk
Tel: 020 7566 8650
Fax: 020 7253 1877

Responding to Disasters


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How can business help?

Your business can support charities before, during and after times of natural disasters and emergencies.

How to respond »

How to plan ahead »

This section contains information and advice from the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) on making the best decisions for your company, and signposts you to a variety of useful humanitarian organisations and publications.

The publication of the pages was originally made possible by GlaxoSmithKline and BSkyB, and other members of Business in the Community, who were keen to improve the ways in which businesses work in partnership with humanitarian organisations.  To read case studies about how they respond to emergencies using practical and successful methods, click here

To read a foreword from HRH The Prince of Wales, President of BITC, click here

Useful Information

  • Planning for a disaster - Where to Start

    Learn about the 9 key steps your business should follow to be ready to help respond to a disaster: learn how to plan, execute and evaluate your response.

  • Disaster strikes - How to respond

    If you have an allocated Emergency Response Team or a response policy, follow this link to find out how your company can immeditately respond.

  • Corporate Giving

    How can you help? Find out how best to make cash donations, and donate time, products or services

  • Engaging Employees

    How can you support staff who want to help? FInd out more about employee volunteering, employee secondments and payroll giving

  • Creating a Disaster Policy

    FInd out how you can create an agreed response policy for your company, which can be implemented in an emergency

  • Organisations To Work With

    A list of international aid charities, NGOs and advisory organisations who you can work with or donate to

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