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
A successful bid for £36,000 is to be used to help improve the mental well-being of communities at risk of flooding. The bid for funding by West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WYFLIP) has been approved during the Environment Agency’s national Flood Action Week by Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee. The money will be used … Read more
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Pictured: Participants take a tour of the Meanwood Valley Farm Members of West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WYFLIP) are currently exploring using Meanwood Valley Farm as a potential case study to demonstrate the many benefits of blue green infrastructure. Board member Vanessa Allen, principal engineer at Leeds City Council and Dr Sam Ramsden, impact translation … Read more
Pictured: Flooding incident at Barnsdale Road Around 6,600 homes in the Wakefield district are permanently at risk of flooding from sudden storms. It’s actually surface water flooding that poses a bigger threat to the area than rising river levels as parts of the district’s drainage system could easily be overwhelmed by heavy rain. This is … Read more
Photo caption: Jonathan Moxon (2nd from left) at Roundtable event in Malaysia It’s not every day you set off to Malaysia to talk about the work you do to reduce the risk of flooding in West Yorkshire and discover that global leaders are grappling with the exactly the same issues. When Programme Manager Jonathan Moxon … Read more
Pictured: Paul Maddison, flood manager of Wakefield Council, presents at the workshop Plans to develop a network of digital sensors to give early warning of surface water flooding which is a real issue for West Yorkshire was the topic of a workshop held at University of Leeds. People who have had their homes flooded, flood wardens … Read more
Plans are underway to create a network of sensors across West Yorkshire to give people earlier warnings about the risk of surface water flooding. Board membersfromWest Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme have successfully bid for £97,000 from the Discovery Phase of round six of the Local Digital Fund to test whether using smart technology for such a … Read more
Tangible results are starting to be achieved by the West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WY FLIP) just a year after it was first launched. Partners have joined together to bid for extra funds for their region to make it more resilient to flooding and climate change. An example to illustrate how their collaborative ways of … Read more
A new animation has been created to promote the benefits of West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WY FLIP) since it began a year ago to increase resilience to flooding and climate change in the region. Ambassador for WY FLIP and Deputy Leader of Calderdale Council, Councillor Jane Scullion, launched the animation at Yorkshire Integrated Catchment … Read more
