Radio 4 ‘Start the Week’ – Monday 9th December 2020 Flooding remains a risk in many parts of the country this winter. Andrew Marr explores the impact of water on communities. The engineer David Lerner argues for the extension of the policy of daylighting – opening up rivers covered over by the Victorians. He says… Read more »
Urgent appeal from National Flood Forum to help flooded communities
From National Flood Forum “We help and support people recovering from the devastation floods have left behind. Our vehicles are crucial to our work, one has achieved over 170,000 miles, both urgently need replacing. As a charity we cover the whole of England and Wales, but we only have two vehicles and our recovery trailer… Read more »
Barriers to the uptake and implementation of natural flood management
Josh Wells has just completed his PhD on flooding in Southwell at Nottingham Trent University and as part of his research, implemented many natural flood management interventions on Brackenhurst’s upland catchment land. He was subsequently employed by Trent Rivers Trust in the FRAMES project and has implemented many more NFM interventions in the upland catchment… Read more »
Super gullies on Halam Road
Halam Road has been closed as construction works to prevent flooding in a town begins. The addition of five super gullies on Halam Road, Southwell, is to avoid a repeat of the torrents of water that flooded the town in 2013. It is part of the cross-council funded Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme that aims to… Read more »
Flooding Mitigation work makes good progress
News from Nottinghamshire County Council – 1st October 2019 As part of its wider £5m flood mitigation proposals, Nottinghamshire County Council and its partners are working hard in Southwell to make sure that homes which are most vulnerable to future flooding are as well-protected as possible. Substantial progress has been made in developing detailed designs… Read more »
Street and gully cleaning
It’s acknowledged that with Southwell being prone to flash flooding, it’s essential that surfacewater during heavy rainfall is able to drain away as quickly and effectively as possible. This means that the drainage system needs to be kept well maintained through a regular schedule of street cleaning and gully cleansing. Gully cleansing Nottinghamshire County Council… Read more »
Senior Citizen’s Fair – 27th September – 12.30 to 15.00
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
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 »
