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  • Chapter 26 - Factors That Determine Wider Solidarity Responses After a Major Incident or Disaster

  • from Section 3 - The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
  • Edited by Richard Williams, University of South Wales, Verity Kemp, Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant, Keith Porter, University of Birmingham, Tim Healing, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, John Drury, University of Sussex
  • Book:
    Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
    Published online:
    11 January 2024
    Print publication:
    01 February 2024, pp 180-186

  • Summary

    In the wake of emergencies, incidents, disasters, and disease outbreaks (EIDD), people not directly affected can help those in need to provide urgently needed assistance. As an example, the campaign that followed the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017 evolved into a longer-term movement that sought to address both immediate humanitarian needs and political injustices, The psychological literature is surveyed to identify the drivers of this intergroup solidarity. We highlight the importance of identity processes in informing how communities of people who are not directly affected, or are less affected, respond prosocially to large-scale disasters, and how shared identity can promote community helping. Finally, we discuss which groups are likely to help by drawing attention to nuances that relate to privilege in advantaged groups and intraminority support within disadvantaged groups. We end with a description of how identity processes can be leveraged strategically to elicit intergroup solidarity and mitigate the impacts.