Flood resilience measures are to be highlighted to business owners in Hull and York next month.
Both commercial and domestic property owners are being invited to the Climate Cafe events, with Yorkshire Flood Resilience working with the University of Hull’s Energy and Environment Institute to host them.
Both cities have experience of the impact floods can have, and the sessions aim to focus on the increasing risks and the significant disruption and damage that can be caused, as well as highlighting the role that property flood resilience measures can play in minimising issues.
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The aim is to reduce the risk of flood damage to properties and speed up recovery and return to occupancy.
Yorkshire Flood Resilience project manager Steve Wragg said: “We’re delighted to be working with the University of Hull’s Energy and Environment Institute to run these events. We have some really interesting guest speakers lined up and there will be plenty of time for guests to chat to them afterwards. I do hope that as many local people as possible will come along to the events to find out more about property flood resilience.”
The will take place at City Screen on Thursday, September 2 and the will take place at The Deep on Thursday, September 16. Both events will begin at 5.30pm and feature a series of short presentations by experts on flood resilience and members of the public who have been affected by flooding.
Dr Steven Forrest, lecturer in Flood Resilience and Sustainable Transformations at the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull, said: “This will be a great opportunity to hear from speakers with a diverse range of experiences in dealing with floods. Flood risk is becoming an increasingly urgent problem and we need to work together to help society cope with future floods.”
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Yorkshire Flood Resilience is one of three projects nationally funded by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is led by City of York Council, with the support of multiple partners, including The Environment Agency, The Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme, Living With Water and JBA Consulting.
Phil Foxley, Environment Agency flood risk programme manager, said: “Promoting the use of Property Flood Resilience measures is a crucial part of our long term vision to better protect homes and businesses from flooding to create climate resilient places. We want to ensure people have access to the information and other measures that they need to plan ahead for flooding and ‘Prepare, Act, Survive’. So we would encourage local residents and business owners to hear practical advice, at an event or online, about reducing the damage of flooding and getting back into their homes or businesses quicker after a flood.”
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