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 »
Measures to reduce risk of Southwell homes flooding progress
Councillor Phil Rostance, Nottinghamshire County Council’s Vice Committee Chairman for Communities and Place said: “As a lead local flood authority, Nottinghamshire County Council is committed to taking an active role and continues to work closely with partners, including local communities, to mitigate the local flood risks across the county. “In Southwell, Via – the County… Read more »
Visit by delegates to the Institute of Historic Building Conservation conference
On July 6th 2019 Jillian Labadz, Liz Walker and Jacky Huson were invited to join a tour around Southwell by delegates to the “Heritage, Risk and Resilience, confronting conservation calamities” conference in Nottingham. The delegates were interested to hear how Southwell Flood Forum had been involved in the work to protect our historic town. About… Read more »
Riparian Owners Knowledge Exchange Drop in Event
An interesting and useful event on Thursday 4th July 4 to 7pm in the Southwell Town Council Court Room, organised by National Flood Forum and Southwell Flood Forum. All Riparian Owners or anyone interested in offering advice, time or equipment to help maintain watercourses is welcome to come and find out more.
FRAMES Community Event – 3rd April 2019
This event showcased the comprehensive work that the two Project Officers in the European funded FRAMES project, Josh Wells and Shani Lambert are achieving in Southwell on Natural Flood Management and Community Resilience Dave Sheard, Lead on the Southwell Flood Forum’s Community Resilience and Emergency Planning team gave a presentation on the Southwell Road Closure… Read more »
Town Meeting – Wednesday 20th March 2019
This meeting was organised by Southwell Town Council as part of their regular Council meeting schedule and had a particular focus on flooding issues, with the aim of briefing Councillors and residents about the Communications Hub which will be set up in the Town Council offices in an emergency. Dave Sheard, Lead on the Southwell… Read more »
Property Flood Resilience – Drop in sessions – Wednesday 15th and 22nd May – 2.30pm to 7.30pm
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 »
Measures to reduce risk of Southwell homes flooding moves closer
Nottinghamshire County Council press release 4th April 2019 As part of its wider £5m flood mitigation proposals, Nottinghamshire County Council has reached the final stages of securing a contractor to undertake the work needed to make sure that homes in Southwell which are most vulnerable to future flooding are as well-protected as possible. This follows… Read more »
Flood Re March 2019 newsletter
‘Let’s Talk About Flooding’ In support of National Flood Forum and Scottish Flood Forum, Flood Re has been touring the UK with a series of regional events to bring together those living in flood risk communities. Through the ‘Let’s Talk About Flooding’ and ‘Tackling Flooding Together’ events, experiences of flooding and concerns have been shared… Read more »
National Flood Forum bulletin – February 2019
National Flood Forum apologises for its lateness. In this issue the focus is on Kent – read about some of the Flood Action Groups activities and experiences in that area. Click to read more – NFF February Bulletin
