REACT Disaster Response Ltd
REACT Disaster Response is a humanitarian rapid-response charity operating in the UK and overseas. We train and deploy volunteer Response Teams to emergencies and disasters to help save lives and alleviate suffering, particularly for hard-to-reach and vulnerable communities in the immediate aftermath of crises.
REACT is closely aligned to the Armed Forces community. Our volunteers are predominantly military veterans, alongside serving personnel, blue light professionals and other skilled individuals. We repurpose military experience in leadership, planning, logistics and problem-solving to provide practical surge capability in complex, fast-moving emergencies. Through deployments and training, we also offer veterans and service leavers a continued sense of purpose, structured teamwork and an opportunity to apply their skills in service of communities during times of greatest need.
Contact Information
First Floor, Building 8
Chilmark Estates,Chilmark
SP3 5DU
Support Offered
REACT’s support and expertise is highly relevant to the Armed Forces community and to multi-agency emergency response. We mobilise trained volunteers (predominantly military veterans, alongside blue light professionals and other skilled individuals) to bring disciplined planning, leadership, logistics and “can-do” problem-solving into fast-moving, high-pressure environments. We work in support of statutory responders and humanitarian partners, helping to close critical gaps quickly and effectively.
Support and expertise include:
• Shared situational awareness & rapid needs assessment – gathering and analysing information quickly to build a clear on-the-ground picture and inform priorities.
• Incident management & coordination support – practical support to planning, liaison and multi-agency coordination, strengthening response capacity where teams are stretched.
• Last-mile logistics – rapid, flexible logistics to move people, equipment and relief items into hard-to-reach locations when time and access are constrained.
• Surge and specialist operational capability – short-notice deployments to augment local responders and partners, including specialist capabilities such as flood response.
• Volunteer management support – helping partners organise, task and safely coordinate volunteers during emergencies, including spontaneous volunteer groups.
• Training, capacity and resilience-building – training and preparedness support that strengthens community and organisational resilience, while enabling veterans to maintain skills, purpose and team identity through meaningful service.
