24 Mar
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HAVE YOUR SAY – Warwickshire Flood Summit, 1 April

As many villages in Warwickshire were seriously flooded during 1998 & 2007 and now many have flood action groups, Warwickshire County Council are inviting local people to the Warwickshire Flood Summit, taking place on Saturday 1 April in Stratford-upon-Avon. The event will start at 10am and will finish around 4:30pm.  Building on the successes of […]

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15 Mar
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Rochdale riverside clean-up to reduce flood risk

Volunteers at the Rochdale riverside clean up Rochdale residents joined forces on Saturday 11 March as part of a community action day to clean up the riverside and reduce flood risk. Organised and led by Liz Atherton from Faiths4Change, the team of 22 volunteers filled a truck with the amount of litter they cleared from […]

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03 Mar
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Flood & Coast 2017: Last Call for Community Flood Action Groups

The Environment Agency is inviting all Community Flood Groups to join them for the largest debate on Flood and Coastal Erosion in the UK. Flood and Coast Exhibition and Conference is convened by the Environment Agency and supported by the National Flood Forum. The event will take place at the Telford International Centre, 28-30 March […]

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02 Mar
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Research Questionnaire: Managing Flooding – your perspective

A member of an NFF-affiliated flood action group, Phiala Mehring, is doing some research to gather stories, information and knowledge from people who are at risk of flooding.  The information she gathers from this research will be used to inform her participation at the Flood & Coast 2017 conference (28-30 March) where she will represent […]

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07 Feb
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Community Groups and Local Authorities sought for UK’s Largest Flood and Coast Event

Following some of the most dramatic flood and Coastal Erosion incidents that the UK has witnessed in recent history, an intensive 3-day conference and Exhibition convened by the Environment Agency has been finalised. Clare Dinnis Deputy Director of Strategy at the Environment Agency and Chair of the conference said “No one body can provide a […]

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