Severn Trent partners with Notts Wildlife Trust on sustainability projects for Nature Recovery Network Trailblazing work funded by Midlands water company, Severn Trent has been welcomed by Natural England for providing a major contribution to the Nature Recovery Network. Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, is now calling for other companies to follow suit. A partnership […]
Dorset County Council ‘The Dorset Coastal Engineering Partnership will provide an effective and co-ordinated approach in the delivery of schemes to help protect residents and communities from coastal flooding and erosion. As well as designing and delivering large government funded projects, the main functions of the new partnership will be to set long term strategies […]
A partnership to support our communities to manage flood and coastal risk across the North West https://thefloodhub.co.uk/ A new ‘Natural Flood Management handbook: a practical guide for farmers’ has been produced, funded by West Cumbria Rivers Trust, Newground, Heritage Lottery Fund and the Environment Agency, as part of wider work from West Cumbria Rivers Trust and partner organisations […]
Two items: CIRIA Proposal Guidance on delivery of Natural Flood Management Natural Flood Management requesting expressions of interest CIRIA is looking for expressions of interest from research teams that would like to competitively tender to deliver the technical work for Proposal 2970 Guidance on the delivery of Natural Flood Management (the proposal can be found here). CIRIA would […]
Amy Pryor, Thames Estuary Partnership: ‘After 2 years of filming, editing and endless encouragement, the Thames Estuary Partnership’s 1 hour film of the Living Thames is completed and has just been shortlisted for the Charity Film Awards. Sir David Attenborough introduces the film, and Chris Baines presents through a journey from Teddington to the sea […]
Emma Formoy, Project Director of the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme: After the summer we’ve just had, memories of Oxford’s roads underwater, the railway line closed, and water damage to homes and businesses may seem in the distant past. But working on the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme I’m aware how vulnerable Oxford remains to flooding. Climate change […]
The Southsea Coastal Scheme stretches for 4.5km from Old Portsmouth to Eastney and will help reduce the risks of flooding to 8077 homes and 704 business from major flood events. The work will transform the seafront for future generations alongside protecting the heritage that is so important to the people of Portsmouth. We also want […]
New £63 million defence scheme is turning the tide against floods in Rossall, on North West coast. A multi-million pound coastal defence scheme to shore up Rossall’s sea defences while reducing flood risk to 7,500 homes has been officially opened today (1st June 2018). It is one of the single biggest investments in a single […]