International Disaster Concern Society

TONIGHT 5PM
We look forward to seeing you all there!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8237784580

Meeting ID: 823 778 4580

The Bill Blake Memorial Award is an amazing scheme, open to all full time students in the UK, with an interest in civil protection and emergency management. The task is to answer the proposed question as an essay in 2000-3000 words: How should emergency managers define good practice in the Disaster Risk Governance of a pandemic? The winning entry will be posted in the ICPEM journal and be invited to the their annual conference, along with the chance of winning up to £400 price money!
The deadline for submissions is 31/05/2021.
For more information please visit
www.icepm.net

Coventry Central SDA Food Bank is a voluntary service who provide emergency food to local people.
They are in need of food donations and volunteers for delivery during this difficult time.
If you would like to help, please use the contact details as shown in this post.

Great news! We have decided to make the International Disaster Concern free to join this year. You can sign up by pressing the link below and clicking join in the top right. We have a lot of great events planned with a lot of industry and placement focused events!
https://www.cusu.org/welcome/fair/society/idc/

We hope everyone is coping with lockdown and keeping well at this difficult time, the IDC also aims to create a sense of community for our members. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact us.
Many thanks,
The IDC 😄

We are delighted to announce that we have a guest speaker from charity Do It With Boldness. They are going to be talking about their work in Kenya and their Covid-19 appeal, as well as the placement year they offer. The event will take place on Zoom on Friday 30th October at 16:30 we look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.
If you are interested message us, comment in this post or email [email protected] to get the zoom link.
To find out more about the charity: https://dwibo.org/

We are delighted to annouce that we have been invited to join a fundraising University Challenge Quiz on the 9th October with the Creating Better Futures charity for their Coronavirus appeal. It is a team quiz so you would like to take part either comment on this post, send us a DM or send us an email at [email protected]. Use the link bellow to find out more infomation about the charity. It will cost around £3 to take part the money raised will go towards supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe.

http://creatingbetterfutures.org.uk/

Here is the link to our Ice breaker quiz starting tonight at 8pm. We look forward to seeking you all there!!

Join conversation

We would like to welcome you to our first event on Friday 25th September starting at 8pm. Come onto Teams and meet the committee, other members, and get to know what the society is about.

There will be a quiz followed by a Q&A and some time for everyone to get to know each other and catch up. The link to the Teams call will be posted on our page and in our Insta bio. The quiz will be on Kahoot and you will need a second device (phone works best) and either download the Kahoot app for free or use the website https://kahoot.com/.

This event is open to both members and non-members so feel free to bring your friends. We look forward to seeing you all there!

The IDC

Calling all freshers and existing members. As the start of first semester is nearing we would like to welcome new and existing students to the IDC. We have alot of exciting stuff planned for the upcoming year and would be delighted for you to join us. Watch this space and follow our Instagram to keep up to date with everything IDC. If you have any questions feel free to drop us a message on any of our social media. We are looking forward to the year ahead and greeting our new and existing members!

A reminder about our Zoom Quiz tonight
We look forward to seeing you all there!
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81630241205