Training > RRC Community Engagement > Integrated Catchment Delivery Events 2017-18
FREE attendance! A programme of events for maximising opportunities, connecting catchments to coasts, sharing and embedding best practice that benefits people, profitable farming and land management, floods, the economy and the environment
Web links take you to case study information and outputs from the events. Contacts for bookings are provided. Main point of contact dom@theriverstrust.org or Dominic.martyn@environment-agency.gov.uk, telephone: 07795 333157
Purpose: Share evidence, good practice and embedding learning and; Building relationships between communities, institutes and partnerships across the UK. View briefing
What? We delivered 11 events in 2017/18 with over 600 people involved, on profitable farming and land management, flood risk and asset management and fish and wildlife passage. We visited 13 catchments in England, exchanging experiences and lessons learnt.
2017/18 Programme Outputs
Farming, land management and natural flood management events: bringing together people involved in farming, flooding, dry weather and the environment |
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Date | Event | Contact & Information | Outputs |
16th May 2018 |
Loddington Farm Lincolnshire and Northants Water Friendly Farming project |
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25th January 2018 |
Wessex integrated delivery workshop | Wessex Regional Flood and Coastal Committee event with the Environment Agency | Completed 36 attended |
22nd & 23rd November 2017 |
CIWEM Conference on integrated catchment delivery for people, farming, flooding and the environment |
London | Completed 138 attended |
13th October |
Stroud District Council Natural Flood Management Visit |
Anne Wheeler Chair Severn and Wye Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, Chris Uttley Stroud District Council, and Severn Vale Catchment Partnership |
Completed 37 attended |
29th June 2017 |
Upper Thames Payments for Ecosystem Services Pilot and rebuilding organic matter in soils |
Upper Thames Catchment Partnership Jenny Phelps and Rob Richmond Farmer and Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust |
Completed 47 attended |
21st March 2017 |
Farming and water management: an evening of presentations, discussion and super with Richard Macdonald, Deputy Chair, Environment Agency |
Institute of Agricultural Management Thames. The Club, Mapledurham, Reading, RG4 7UD |
Completed 27 attended |
Connecting habitats - weir removal site visits |
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Date | Event | Contact & Information | Outputs |
29th May 2018 | Salmon to Sheffield evening discussion |
Institute of Fisheries Management |
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21st March 2018 |
Institute of Fisheries Management workshop connecting rivers, people and partnerships |
Loughborough University |
Martyn Lucas - Improving ecological connectivity Richard Harrison - Unlocking the Severn Clare Rodgers - Restoring fish passage upland Jon Bolland - Appraising and evaluating fish passes |
10th November 2017 |
Discussing the integrated catchment delivery programme, stories so far and feeding in ideas for future |
London Freshwater Group, London, Natural History Museum | Completed 63 attended |
15th & 16th September 2017 |
Thames catchment bypasses and channels site visits: cost effective solutions for multiple benefits including flood management, hydropower and improving ecology |
Institute of Fisheries Management and Chartered Institution for Water and Environment Management |
Completed 53 attended |
Estuaries and coasts |
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Date | Event | Contact & Information | Outputs |
6th March 2018 |
National workshop bringing catchment and coastal partnerships together | CIWEM |
Completed 60 attended Toni Scarr - Catchment and coastal partnership Sean Ashworth - Sussex Marine and Coastal Forum Ed Maltby - Wholescape Thinking Louisa Blundel - Lune Catchment Partnerships Simon Bennett - Wyre Estuary Group Hannah Williamson - FCRM Integration on the coast |