Tim Farr (Chair), Jacky Huson, James Parker, Jillian Labadz (Nottingham Trent University lecturer) and Josh Wells (NTU PhD student) attended the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)/NFF conference this year on December 2nd in London at the hastily rearranged venue of Cavendish Conference Centre. The conference was attended by around 150 people drawn… Read more »
Dr Jillian Labadz interview on Radio Nottingham
Dr Jillian Labadz, lecturer at Nottingham Trent University talks about the flooding in Cumbria, the impact on a community, what can be done and how Flood Forums, such as ours in Southwell can greatly contribute towards managing flood risk, help a community be prepared and recover from flooding. Listen to her interview with Richard Allen… Read more »
Flood Study Report
Southwell Flood Study Launch and Consultation Following the public meeting on Thursday 17th September, at Southwell Minster School which over 200 people attended, Nottinghamshire County Council released the long-awaited Southwell Flood Study report, which is now available online. There is also a Reference copy at Southwell Library. Please go to the NCC website page where there are… Read more »
Where Have All Our Gardens Gone?
Urban Britain is paving over its front gardens. Lawns, hedges and hollyhocks are being replaced by tarmac and car ports. Each garden may be tiny, but with over 50 million front gardens in the UK, the numbers really add up. It’s an environmental problem, quite literally on our doorsteps, and Jheni Osman is finding out… Read more »
Drain blockages
Many of our drains in Southwell are combined – 1) surface water run-off from houses, gardens, driveways, roads 2) sewage So in a heavy rainfall event (over 25mm in 30 minutes), the surface water may overwhelm the drainage system and cause the manholes to ‘pop’ and sewage leak out into the roads. We can help… Read more »
Southwell community’s hopes dashed after extra funding raised
Over £156K has been raised through householders donating their surplus from their £5K Repair and Renew Grant. In some cases, people ‘donated’ the whole of their Grant towards catchment-wide flood mitigation measures, having considered that an integrated scheme would be better in the long-term. Applications are still being validated, so that figure could be considerably… Read more »
Southwell Summer Fun Day 20 June 2015 – ‘The Rain Story’
On a warm, dry Saturday afternoon at the Fun Day on the Burgage, children and adults alike were interested to make it rain on semi-detached model houses on our ‘The Rain Story’ stall. The model, supplied by Trent Rivers Trust and Environment Agency, demonstrated how Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) can visibly slow down the rate at… Read more »
Road Closure Scheme
Southwell’s road closure scheme is possibly one of the most complex in Europe with 19 road closure points Click on the links for the revised (since the Southwell Community Resilience Handbook 2016) SFF CR Magazine – road closure map September 2019 and huddles Trained Road Closure Wardens have legal delegated powers from Nottinghamshire County Council Highways… Read more »
Government approves Repair and Renew Grants for Southwell
MEMBERS of a flood prevention group are celebrating after winning a campaign to provide financial support to hundreds of ruined homes. The Southwell Flood Forum has been calling for action – and funding – from the Government since the town flooded in July 2013. It has now been announced that those affected will be able… Read more »
The University of Nottingham – Community participation in Flood Modelling – Workshops
Join a project to build a community understanding of flood risk in Southwell We are delighted to have been approached by Shaun Maskrey, a PhD student at The University of Nottingham, to participate in a pilot method of flood modelling which involves local people in decision making. We understand this will prove very advantageous to… Read more »
