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Would You Like to be a Flood Warden?
✅ Monitoring watercourses and reporting blockages
✅ Sharing flood alerts and advice with your community
✅ Supporting neighbours during flood events
✅ Acting as a trusted link between the community and emergency services
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The RAIN Project is funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes, which is managed by the Environment Agency. The programmes will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.
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What Rush Meadow Ponds can teach us about resilience in dry weather
Wetlands are often discussed in relation to flooding: their ability to hold water within the landscape, slow its flow and reduce the pressure placed on communities downstream, however, their value does not disappear when the rain stops.
Defra visits Northants to see holistic flood resilience in action
Senior representatives from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have visited Brigstock in Northamptonshire to see first-hand how a holistic approach to flood resilience is helping communities become better prepared for future flooding.
The RAIN Flood Resilience ‘Jigsaw’
Flood resilience isn’t achieved through a single solution. Instead, it is built by bringing together a range of complementary approaches that work together, much like the pieces of a jigsaw.
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