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Training rolled out to help improve the mental health of people at high risk of flooding

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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

Trailblazing project gets off the ground to improve the mental health of people at high risk of flooding

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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

Help develop a new tool to better understand flooding in the Calder Valley – WYFLIP Accelerator project

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Pictured demonstrating the spray can tool are Dr Stephanie Bond, iCASP impact translation fellow and Professor Steve Carver. We are asking practitioners or members of the Calderdale community whose role is connected with or who have experience of flooding, flood resilience or natural flood management in Calderdale to help us test an online map-based tool. … Read more

Digital sensor workshops to discuss plans for early warning of flooding

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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

Modelling to reduce flood risk in the Upper Rother 

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iCASP has been working with the Don Catchment Rivers Trust (DCRT) for the past two years to better understand which factors influence flooding in the Upper Rother. As our Upper Rother catchment project draws to a close, a series of technical and non technical reports have been produced for landowners and community groups available on … Read more

Over £300k earmarked for research to make West Yorkshire more resilient to flooding and climate change

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Thousands of pounds of Government funding is being invested in West Yorkshire to develop new research projects to help make the region more resilient to flooding and the impacts of climate change. The West Yorkshire Flood Resilience Programme (WY FLIP) has received £310,000 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will … Read more

Plans for a new digital solution to give early flood warnings  

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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