This is a free dissemination workshop for the Urban Flood Resilience: Property Flood Resilience Database project. Three workshops will be taking place across the UK over a series of dates in September. Workshop locations include, Liverpool, Watford (England) and Ravenscraig (Scotland) – see below for dates and booking.

With 6 million UK homes already at risk of flooding, property owners facing difficulties getting adequate insurance, and property level flood resilience currently going undocumented there is a wide scope for improving on the current situation.

How can planners, developers and communities work together to build safer places for the future?

Wednesday 1 February 2017, one day conference & evening reception

Every year thousands of homes, businesses and people are affected by flooding.  At the National Flood Forum we support people living with flood risk and they tell us that one of their main concerns is proposals for development that will increase their flood risk.

The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, in collaboration with the British Hydrological Society have released their report on the winter floods 2015/2016 in the UK. The review brings together both river flow and meteorological data in an analysis of the events that led to extensive river flooding in northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Wales.

Find out more and download the report here

A BBC environmental analyst says, "Hundreds of thousands of householders in flood risk areas have failed to install basic protection against rising waters, insurers say". The Association of British Insurers said even buildings guarded by flood defences should have flood-proof doors in case embankments are over-topped

Prolonged heavy rainfall over the winter of 2015 has shown how devastating flooding can be to homes, businesses and critical infrastructure. With predictions that localised flooding will become an ever more common occurrence, how prepared is Northern Ireland to manage flood risk?

Accredited training for water and environmental industry practitioners.

As the UK recovers from the impact of flooding and coastal storms, following the wettest winter in almost 250 years, society is recognising the importance of understanding and managing risks to our environment in the face of increased frequency of extreme weather and climate change.

The UK Government has released a review of flood risk assessment, reductions in the likelihood of flooding, and ways make the country as resilient as possible to flooding. The reports says, "In the light of the severity of recent events, and the risk that these or similar events will occur again, it is appropriate to reconsider our approaches to assessing flood risk, to reducing the likelihood of flooding, and to making our nation as resilient as possible to flooding."

The UK Space Agency International Partners programme has set aside £150m for projects to harness space knowledge, expertise and capability to provide a sustainable, economic or societal benefit to undeveloped nations and developing economies. The UK Space Agency will award grants to successful industrial and academic partners to run projects addressing real-world problems.