The National Flood Forum works in communities and with partners to support people at risk from flooding, and should flooding occur, to help them recover. Communities lie at the centre of this and throughout this bulletin there are examples of people working to take control of the flooding in their lives, as well as some… Read more »
National Flood Forum Bulletin – July 2017 – National Flood Risk Management Strategy – help to shape the future
National Flood Forum needs your help. Now is a great time to use your voice to shape our future flood risk. They suggest you to write to your MP and Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, to ask that the work underway to refresh the… Read more »
National Flood Forum – bulletin March 2017. Planning issues, Natural Flood Management
Read the March 2017 – Bulletin News on the NFF conference on ‘Are We Planning to Flood?’ – reflections on the issues raised about planning considerations relating to flood risk Natural Flood Management Riparian management
National Flood Forum Bulletin – December 2016 – personal experiences
Read here of people’s experiences in the National Flood Forum’s bulletin. No doubt many in Southwell will understand and empathise. “A year after the Boxing Day floods that destroyed homes and businesses across northern England, we bring you this special bulletin and share the stories of those people who suffered. The devastation caused by Storms… Read more »
National Flood Forum Bulletin – November 2016
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee’s report, Future Flood Prevention, recently recommended a complete overhaul of how we tackle flooding. Amongst the recommendations was that we should take a more holistic approach to managing flood risk, including incorporating natural flood management (NFM) into the toolkit. NFM is about how we delay and… Read more »
National Flood Forum Bulletin – September 2016
This summer has seen the publication of the Calderdale Floods Review, which was chaired by our CEO Paul Cobbing. In this edition Paul reports what he learned from the experience and what he believes the direction of travel should be for reducing flood risk. This includes what action communities can take for themselves to create… Read more »
National Flood Forum Bulletin June 2016
Welcome to the National Flood Forum June 2016 Bulletin. In this issue they raise questions about a BSI Kite Mark scheme which is believed could mislead consumers about flood protection products. There are articles about the newly formed Radcliffe Flood Action Group six months after the Boxing Day floods and from Dr Richard Jones of… Read more »
National Flood Forum Bulletin – April 2016
This month t look at the new Flood Re insurance scheme with an introduction from Flood Re CEO, Brendan McCafferty, along with some of your views on the very live issue of insurance. The problem faced by small businesses in finding affordable insurance was raised at this week’s Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs), with David Cameron… Read more »
National Flood Forum bulletin – November 2015
This issue includes an article on a group’s visit to a see natural flood management in practice, a flood awareness day, various updates and an introduction to a new member of the NFF team. November 2015 – bulletin
National Flood Forum Bulletin – September 2015
This edition includes a visit to the Brompton Flood Prevention Group by international Charity “The Flow Partnership”; a dry run with St Denys Flood Action Group in Southampton; information about Gauge maps and community flood resilience and, last but not least, a fond farewell to a much loved member of staff off to pastures new.
