Rural Flood Resilience Partnership
Engaging rural communities so they are involved in planning, developing and delivering rural flood resilience.
We are pleased to be working alongside the Environment Agency, National Farmers Union, the Association of Drainage Authorities, the Country Land and Business Association and Natural England to better understand and reduce the impact of flooding on rural communities.
Climate change means that people, places and nature will be faced with more frequent and severe storms and floods. In recent years, farmers and rural communities have been on the frontline of increasingly frequent weather extremes and the devastating impacts flooding can have.
Flooding can present specific challenges for those living and working within rural communities. For rural areas where there are few facilities, the loss of services and shops can have a disproportionately large economic impact. Damage to bridges, power, roads, and other infrastructure may leave more remote communities cut off from essential services and utilities. This can slow their recovery, impacting the wider community beyond those whose homes or business have flooded.
The Rural Flood Resilience Partnership is a response to this growing challenge. It has been established because partner organisations recognise the need for greater collaboration to evidence the specific vulnerabilities of rural areas, engage communities and farm businesses so they are heard and involved when planning, developing and delivering local responses to flooding, and improve access to quality support.
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