Host A Preparedness Party
Get everyone round, learn a few emergency skills, and assemble kits together - you never know when you need them.
- Cost
- Under £20pp
- Time
- Half-day
- People
- Small Group (3-6), Large Group (7+)
- Where
- Home
- Bring
- Kit materials, split between everyone
Why this matters
Preparedness is the classic thing everyone agrees is sensible and nobody gets round to. Doing it as a group solves that - it becomes a social event with a deadline instead of an item on a list. Buying kit materials in bulk and splitting them is also significantly cheaper than everyone assembling their own.
How to do it
Pick a date, invite people, and spend an afternoon getting everyone's household genuinely prepared. Food and drink make it an event rather than a chore.
A good agenda: - Assemble kits together. Buy materials in bulk and split them - car kits, home first aid kits, grab bags. Much cheaper and much faster than doing it alone. - Learn one or two skills properly. CPR positioning, choking response, the FAST stroke test, how to turn off water, gas and electricity at the mains. - Do the admin nobody does alone: register as organ donors, sign up to local alert systems, save emergency numbers, set up phone Medical IDs. - Write down the household plan. Where you'd meet, who you'd call, who nearby might need help.
What makes it work: - Assign someone to research each section beforehand so it isn't improvised on the day. - Keep it practical rather than theoretical. Doing beats discussing. - Don't let it slide into doom. The tone should be competent and slightly silly, not apocalyptic - that's the difference between people coming back and people quietly avoiding the next one. - Include kids where you can. They absorb this stuff faster than adults.
Do it annually. It doubles as the reminder to check expiry dates and replace batteries, which is the part everyone otherwise skips forever.