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Community resilience, made practical

We make community resilience local.

Ready Scotland and GOV.UK Prepare set out how communities can prepare. Community Ready turns those principles into one practical local service.

Built on trust. Designed for communities.

Secure
by design
Works online
and offline
Local control,
local content
Aligned with
national guidance

Turning preparedness guidance into practical local action

Preparedness becomes useful when people can put it into practice.

Ready Scotland and GOV.UK Prepare encourage communities to prepare before an emergency happens.

That means understanding local risks, communicating clearly, knowing where help and resources are, supporting people who may need assistance, and making plans that remain useful during disruption.

Community Ready helps communities put those principles into practice.
Designed around the principles promoted by Ready Scotland and GOV.UK Prepare. Community Ready is an independent service.

01 · Preparedness outcome

Communicate when it matters

When something changes quickly, communities need a clear way to reach people with trusted local information.

During a power cut, severe weather event or other disruption, residents can be left relying on fragmented social-media posts, word of mouth or information published somewhere they do not normally look.

Community Ready gives the community a familiar route to share important local updates directly with residents. Alerts can direct people towards support, meeting points and trusted information, while keeping the same local source available as circumstances change.

Community Ready in practice

9:41
Thursday 27 August
14:42

COMMUNITY ALERTnow

Power interruption affecting Lochgoilhead

Community Hub open from 6pm

Community Ready · trusted local update

A trusted local alert reaches residents directly

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance encourages communities to think in advance about how important information will be communicated during disruption.

02 · Preparedness outcome

Keep everyone informed

Emergency information works better when residents already know where to look.

A resilience system that people only encounter during an emergency is much less useful than one they already recognise and use.

Community Ready gives residents one familiar place for local information, community pages, notices and updates. When disruption happens, the same service can immediately become the place residents turn to for trusted information. People should not need to learn a new emergency system during an emergency.

Community Ready in practice

9:41
Lochgoil

Good afternoon 👋

Stay informed. Stay prepared.

Lochgoil Community Website
Active alertPower

Power interruption affecting Lochgoilhead

Community Hub open from 6pm. Tap for the latest local update.

News

Community updatePublished by Loch Goil Community
Everyday information and urgent updates share one familiar home

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance encourages communities to establish clear, familiar ways of sharing information and helping residents understand where trusted updates will come from.

03 · Preparedness outcome

Share trusted local information

Important local information should be easy to find and easy to trust.

Community information is often spread across Facebook groups, noticeboards, websites, emails and personal contacts. That makes it harder for residents to know which information is current and where they should look.

Community Ready creates one dependable local source for news and updates, helping communities reduce fragmentation and make important information easier to find.

Community Ready in practice

9:41

Lochgoil

News

Updates from trusted organisations in your community.

LG
Launch of the Community Ready App

The results of the recent community council elections…

Published by Loch Goil Community · 16 Jul 2026
LG
Thank you for coming

A few photos of Loch Goil Gala 2026.

Published by Loch Goil Community · 16 Jul 2026
LG
Community Councillors

An update from your local community.

Published by Loch Goil Community · 14 Jul 2026
Local stories retain a clear publisher and date

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance emphasises clear, trusted communication and helping people know where reliable information can be found.

04 · Preparedness outcome

Bring the community together

Connected communities are better able to respond when something goes wrong.

Community resilience is not only about emergency plans. It also depends on the relationships, groups and local activity that already exist before an emergency happens.

Community Ready helps residents discover events, meetings and local activity, strengthening the everyday connections that communities can rely on during difficult periods. Resilient communities are connected communities.

Community Ready in practice

9:41

Lochgoil

Events

Upcoming activities and selected events kept for the community record.

Community Council Meeting18 Sep · 19:00Village Hall

Open to the whole community.

Community eventCoffee Morning21 Sep · 10:30Community Hub

Open to the whole community.

Resilience Exercise28 Sep · 11:00Lochgoilhead

Practise local roles and community communication.

Local events make everyday community connections visible

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance consistently highlights the importance of neighbours, local groups and community support.

05 · Preparedness outcome

Know local places and resources

People need to know where important local resources are before they need them.

Defibrillators, meeting points, warm spaces, charging locations and community facilities are only useful if residents know where to find them.

Community Ready brings important local locations together on one searchable community map. Residents can quickly search for places and use filters to identify the resources they need.

Community Ready in practice

9:41

Lochgoil

Map

Find useful places, homes and community resources.

Lochgoilhead
Show on mapDefibrillatorsWarm spacesChargingMeeting points
Village Hall
Village HallWarm space · Meeting point · ChargingView location details
Search and filters reveal useful local resources

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance encourages communities to understand local resources, meeting points and sources of help.

06 · Preparedness outcome

Have a plan when things go wrong

A community emergency plan is only useful if people can actually access and use it.

Emergency plans are often stored as PDFs or documents that few residents have seen.

Community Ready turns the plan into something practical. Residents can access emergency information, understand what to do, ask for help, offer help and work through preparedness checklists from the same familiar app. This moves community resilience from a document into everyday practical use.

Community Ready in practice

9:41

Lochgoil

Emergency

Key guidance remains available without an internet connection.

If someone is in immediate danger, call emergency services on 999.
Local emergency planPractical local guidance for Lochgoil.

Community support

Plans, practical checklists and community support live together

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance encourages people and communities to plan ahead, understand what they would do during disruption and support people who may need additional help.

07 · Preparedness outcome

Make support accessible to everyone

Community resilience works best when more people can access information and know where to ask for help.

Residents should not need to know which individual, committee or organisation is responsible for a particular issue before they can contact their community.

Community Ready provides a simple route into local organisations and includes accessibility controls that make information easier to use. This helps more residents take part and reduces unnecessary barriers to accessing local support.

Community Ready in practice

9:41

Lochgoil

More

Accessibility, contact and app login.

Accessibility

Text sizeChoose from four app-wide sizes
AaDefaultAaLargeAaLargerAaLargest
High contrastStronger borders and text contrast
Readable controls and a simple route to local organisations

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance recognises that communities contain people with different needs and that information and support must be made as accessible as possible.

08 · Preparedness outcome

Keep vital information available during disruption

Resilience planning has to work when normal infrastructure does not.

Storms, power cuts and other emergencies can affect mobile networks and internet connectivity at exactly the point people need local information most.

Community Ready keeps essential parts of the service available offline. Residents can still access the community map and emergency information stored on their device even when connectivity is unavailable. Communities can plan for disruption rather than assuming perfect conditions.

Community Ready in practice

9:41No Service
Offline · showing downloaded community information

Lochgoil

Emergency

Key guidance remains available without an internet connection.

If someone is in immediate danger, call emergency services on 999.
Local emergency planAvailable offline
Community MapAvailable offline
Downloaded maps and emergency information remain available offline

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance encourages communities to plan for the loss of normal services and consider how information and support will remain available.

09 · Preparedness outcome

Publish once. Keep every channel in step

Residents should receive the same trusted information whether they use the app or the community’s public website.

Maintaining separate apps and websites creates duplicated work and increases the risk that information becomes inconsistent or out of date.

Community Ready uses one managed source for both. Once content is approved and published, news, events, alerts, community pages, map locations and emergency guidance are reflected in the resident app and the public website automatically.

Community Ready in practice

communityready.co.uk/lochgoil
LochgoilCommunity Ready

Welcome to Lochgoil

Local information, together in one place.

News, events, useful places and practical emergency guidance from your community.
Active alertPower interruption affecting Lochgoilhead

Community Hub open from 6pm.

Latest newsCommunity update

Trusted information from the local team.

Coming upCoffee Morning

Village Hall · Tomorrow

Community mapFind useful local places

Support points and community assets.

Synced with the Community Ready app
One update keeps the app and public website synchronised

Designed around preparedness principles. Preparedness guidance encourages communities to use clear, dependable communication channels and keep important information current and accessible.

Community Ready

Prepared communities don’t just have a plan.

They have a practical way to use it.
Community Ready helps turn national preparedness guidance into practical local action.
Explore the app in action

A familiar place before, during and after disruption

One resident. One power cut. One place they already know.

Use Back and Next—or your left and right arrow keys—to follow the story.

Scene 1 · Before the disruption

A useful warning, while there is still time to prepare.

High winds are forecast. One trusted notification takes the resident straight to a practical household checklist.
Prepare early, one small action at a time.
3:42 PM
3:42 PM
Tuesday, 2 September3:42 PM
COMMUNITY READY · NOWPossible power cuts

High winds are forecast this evening. Open the household checklist to prepare.

Move towards Next Scene to view the checklist

Mains power on

At 3:42 PM the room is bright and calm. A Community Ready alert warns of possible power cuts and opens the household preparedness checklist.

Scene 1 of 7

Clear pricing

One complete local service.

No hidden product tiers. The resident app, public website and Community Portal are included.

Annual subscription
Per community, per year
£800 + VAT
Onboarding and administrator training
A one-off charge in year one only
£400 + VAT

Sources and guidance

Built around established resilience practice.

Ready Scotland community emergency planning GOV.UK Prepare

Community Ready is an independent product from Ionmhas Limited. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the Scottish Government, UK Government, Ready Scotland or GOV.UK Prepare.

Bring Community Ready to your community

Tell us about your community.

We’ll show you how Community Ready could work locally.

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