In December 2025, the Yorkshire Natural Flood Management Community of Practice (NFM CoP) came together online for its Winter Webinar, marking an important moment for the network as we look ahead to the next phase of delivery across the region. Following on from the momentum of the Monitoring Skill Share earlier in the year, the … Read more
Around 100 local authority employees are being trained in a new project to help improve the mental well-being of people whose properties have flooded or at are risk of flooding. The Psychological First Aid Training will start this month and be delivered by specialist trainers Purple Dog to a diverse range of front-line staff including … Read more
I am the Graduate Trainee in Green Finance and Peatland Restoration within WaterLANDS UK. My role is to help build capacity and mobilise the use of green finance to support and deliver peatland restoration across the Great North Bog. This involves sourcing and engaging private sector finance, raising the profile of peatland restoration work delivered … Read more
Artists at Fleet Moss WaterLANDS UK artists in residence Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Fiona MacDonald) gave a presentation at a two day conference hosted in the New Forest’s tree house venue. The Conference, held in September 24, was called ‘The Long View: Art, a sense of place, belonging and reciprocity in relation to landscape’ and focused … Read more
Thank you for attending Confluence25 Please find below the featured presentations and workshop information. Stay in touch with project progress and news of events by signing up for our newsletter here. Presentations Opportunities for Natural Flood Management and Green Social Prescribing Dr Laura Harrisson, Prof Peter Coventry, Prof Neil Lunt and Prof Piran White University of … Read more
News from WaterLANDS UK Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness In the UK, the WaterLANDS team has been working with the Great North Bog – a coalition of six delivery partnerships – to support blanket bog restoration at scale across the whole of the north of England. This includes support around monitoring, planning, finance, citizen science, community … Read more
Welcome to the winter edition of our news bulletin. It features: Our plans for Confluence 2025 A £30,000 successful bid for the Digital Smart Flood Warning System for Surface Water More popular freshwater quality webinars A call for sponsors for the NFM Community of Practice Peatland restoration work with the #GreatNorthBog coalition as part of … Read more
Our exciting annual Confluence 2025 event will be held on Wednesday 26 February. We aim to showcase the impact of some of our key iCASP and water@leeds projects in the region, nationally and internationally through working with partners. There will be a chance to join workshops, listen to guest speakers, network, have productive discussions with colleagues and … Read more
Our Autumn CoP meeting at the Broughton Hall Estate was a resounding success. The event centred on beaver reintroduction for natural flood management and biodiversity enhancement. With engaging presentations, a site visit to the beaver enclosure, and a lively panel discussion, attendees gained valuable insights into this innovative approach’s practicalities, benefits, and challenges. Topics discussed … Read more
Ruth Bookbinder, Julia Martin-Ortega, Joshua Cohen – University of Leeds Take a look at this paper A new paper by Prof. Julia Martin-Ortega, Dr Ruth Bookbinder, and Dr Joshua Cohen, University of Leeds has just been published in the journal People and Nature. This paper marks an initial step in our efforts to understand how … Read more