Events Archives - Southwell Flood Forum

Posted January 26, 2020 & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Events, FRAMES, Natural Flood Management, Trent Rivers Trust.

Work to improve Southwell’s flood resilience is being celebrated at a free event at Southwell Library on 11 March, 6.00pm – 8.30pm. The event, open to all residents, will showcase the work undertaken by Southwell Flood Forum, National Flood Forum, Trent Rivers Trust and Nottinghamshire County Council as part of the FRAMES project ‘Improving Flood Resilience in Southwell’.

Presentations will be given on natural flood management techniques, resilience projects with the wider community, the Road Closure Scheme, flooding events of the past year and the Sustainable Urban Drainage System that has been installed at Lowes Wong School and its contribution to reducing flood risk.

Residents will be able to speak to all the partners involved in the FRAMES project, funded by INTERREG North Sea Region European Regional Development Fund and Nottinghamshire County Council, before it draws to a close at the end of March.

There will also be chance to win a free 134ltr water-butt with planters worth £100. The water-butt not only stores water for plants, it is also designed to capture excess water and slowly release it into the drainage system over time so that the drainage system is not over-whelmed.

Everyone is welcome and for more information about the event please call 01636 815739.

Senior Citizen’s Fair – 27th September – 12.30 to 15.00

Posted September 24, 2019 & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Events.

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… Read more »

Celebration of Southwell Flood Forum work – 8th September

Posted August 23, 2019 & filed under Community Resilience, Events.

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 – 2.30pm to 7.30pm

Posted May 6, 2019 & filed under Community Resilience, Events, Flood Mitigation, Natural Flood Management, Trent Rivers Trust.

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 on Flooding – 20th March, 2019

Posted March 13, 2019 & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Events, FRAMES, Natural Flood Management, Trent Rivers Trust.

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 »

Community Event – Improving Flood Resilience in Southwell – 3rd April 2019

Posted March 7, 2019 & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Events, FRAMES, In The Press, Natural Flood Management, Trent Rivers Trust.

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 »

National Flood Forum bulletin – October 2018

Posted October 17, 2018 & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Events, Fundraising, National Flood Forum Bulletins.

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

Southwell Flood Forum shortlisted for Flood Re’s Local Heroes 2017

Posted October 24, 2017 & filed under Community Resilience, Events, In The Press, insurance - Flood Re.

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 »

Is Britain Prepared for Floods?

Posted September 22, 2017 & filed under Community Resilience, Events, Flood Mitigation, National Flood Resilience Review.

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 »

Are you flood aware? Community resilience and Road Closure sessions

Posted August 27, 2017 & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Emergency Planning, Events.

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 »