Looking Ahead to 2024
Workstream 2024:
Engagement and Communications
- Continue to communicate and engage with communities to gather information and collaboratively shape and deliver flood resilience
- Continue working with community groups, gathering feedback and evaluation of engagement activities.
- Develop a fresh and engaging stream of communications content
- Launch ‘Are you Flood Ready?’ campaign
- Deliver a mid -programme innovation workshop
- Deliver a mid-programme community event
- Publish research papers(s)
- Publicise key programme achievements
- Seek out events and speaking opportunities
- Continue to ensure programme colleagues have the very latest information
Workstream 2024:
Monitoring
- Continue to implement an improved groundwater monitoring network and begin to gather data
Workstream 2024:
Modelling and Mapping
- Continue to refine and rollout flood risk mapping across Project Groundwater areas
Workstream 2024:
Flood Warnings
- Refine and rollout flood warning service
Workstream 2024:
Resilience
- Preparation of Gap Analysis report to identify opportunities for further research and innovation
Workstream 2024:
Placemaking: Planning, and Nature Based Solutions
- Research and promote sustainable drainage and natural flood management in high groundwater areas
- Review and research gaps in current planning policies for high groundwater areas
Workstream 2024:
Evaluation, Learning and Innovation
- Continue to support assessment of project innovation working collaboratively with the project’s partnership
Workstream 2024:
Academia and Research
- Refine methodology for mental health research and start gathering information with residents
- Continue PhD study into community resilience
- Commission a Masters student to conduct research on climate change and groundwater flooding
Workstream 2024:
Legacy
- Undertake market research to identify appetite for a national groundwater flooding network. Define the Network’s structure.
- Develop a communication strategy for a groundwater network as appropriate
- Gather additional information during the remaining years of the project to feed into the Legacy Strategy
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