Southwell Flood Forum will have a display at this Fair where you can find out more about the activities of the Forum towards supporting the community to be more resilient and reduce flood risk.
If you are interested in volunteering with us, do come along and talk to us – whether it’s as a Road Closure Warden, or help admin, fundraising, publicity, technical.
BrickMinster A CELEBRATION SERVICE Building a Better World In Southwell Minster Sunday 8th September 2019 at 9.30am The service will include a celebration of the six years of hard work by volunteers since the flood on 23rd July 2013 and the community meeting in the Minster on 10th September 2013 Afterwards there will be refreshments… Read more »
Property Flood Resilience – Drop in sessions Wednesday 15th and 22nd May – 2.30 to 7.30pm Admiral Rodney, King Street, Southwell. The Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme is moving forward and one of the initial proposals to be implemented is to design and install Property Flood Resilience measures for a number of homes to help protect… Read more »
Town Meeting – Wednesday 20th March 2019 – 18.30 to 20.00 – Southwell Library This is organised by Southwell Town Council as part of their regular Council meeting schedule and will have a particular focus on flooding issues. Southwell Flood Forum SFF will be giving a presentation on the Southwell Road Closure Scheme and Communications… Read more »
Bramley article – March 2019 Through the “Improving Flood Resilience in Southwell” project, The Southwell Flood Forum, Trent Rivers Trust, National Flood Forum and Nottinghamshire County Council have been working on measures to improve flood resilience within the town. This project is now well underway, and the project managers invite you to Southwell Library on… Read more »
This edition includes news of activities of flood action groups, the fundraising run that our Southwell Community Project Officer, Shani Lambert participated in, plus notice of an event in Birmingham to bring flood action groups together Click to read more NFF October 2018 Bulletin
Very excited by the news that Southwell Flood Forum has been shortlisted for this award. Flood Re has been on the search for an individual or group who has been a pillar of strength for flood action in areas across the UK. These people will have made a real difference on the ground, helping their… Read more »
Enhancing Flood Resilience through Innovation, Technology and Collaboration – Central London – Thursday 8th February 2018 Present estimates state that annual flood damages for the whole of the UK are £1.1 billion, with around 5.4 million properties in England at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water or all three. In 2017 costal… Read more »
As part of the Southwell Flood Forum’s aim to help make Southwell and its residents more flood resilient we continue organise events to raise awareness of our flood risk, offer suggestions of how to be more prepared not just for flooding but for any emergency incident inform residents about the Road Closure Scheme train and… Read more »
Tim Farr, Chair of Southwell Flood Forum gave a presentation at the Flood and Coast Conference on March 29th 2017 at Telford and was on the panel for a question and answer session on “What can organisations do to work better with communities?”. The presentation also includes suggestions on the way forward. The Conference was… Read more »
