Leeds City Council Flood Risk Manager. Working with others to reduce flood risk, raise awareness and promote a focus on innovation and people. Views are my own.
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Joined October 2011
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Summer is a great time for a spot of external maintenance.
#flood water will find it's wicked way in through poorly maintained mortar & through air bricks. The self closing airbrick ( pictured) can stop that!
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🚨Job Alert🚨 X 2
We're #hiring 2 new roles @RiverCalder which will enable us to do more, better, and at greater scale across the Calder Catchment. Positions open until filled.
#GIS #conservation #environment #rivers
careers.calderandcolnerivers…
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The @PriestleyCentre launch event is buzzing with excitement with all the innovative research for on display for tackling climate change.
West Yorkshire Flood Innovation team is demonstrating a spray can tool and digital sensors for helping to reduce flood risk .
Brilliant site visit by @DonCatchmentRT at Grassmoor Country Park as part of our latest Yorkshire NFM Community of Practice event. Great use of Nature based solutions to create water storage and new and improved habitat.@EnvAgencyYNE @LeedsFAS @YorkshireiCASP @theriverstrust
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This will be a great event for networking with climate researchers @UniversityLeeds & learning about many innovations.
West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme will be there showcasing the exciting Spraycan tool & LoRaWAN sensors.
Still time to sign up & learn from others
ALT People taking part in spraycan workshop
✨ Join us to celebrate the launch of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures ✨
Meet the experts behind the research and get hands on with some of the climate innovations!
🗓️ Thursday 20 June
⏰ 4pm - 6:30pm
🎟️ Registration essential
RSVP by 7 June 👇
priestleycentrerelaunch.rsvp…
Jonathan Moxon retweeted
We welcomed over 60 people to the West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme’s lively annual meeting to discuss innovative ways of tackling flooding from throughout the country.
Find out more about what we’re up to by signing up to our newsletter bit.ly/43U37Pq – at Bradford, England
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2 days to go until the tree planting at #Bramley - volunteers are welcome!
📣Volunteers Welcome in #Bramley📣
This Friday, we're planting trees at the recreational area off Broad Lane 10am - 2pm.
Volunteers are welcome!
Equipment will be provided, but bring your own spade and gardening gloves if you have them.
Message us for more details.
This is really helpful, we know it's often quite difficult to unpick which bit of a watercourse or drainage system is causing a problem and who can help with that, but this is a good starter for 10 @LeedsFAS
Do you know who’s responsible for managing different types of #floodrisk?
This useful resource identifies which risk management authorities manage different types of #flood risk & what property owners are #responsible for.
Download here: thefloodhub.co.uk/wp-content…
#FloodAware
Great vision and leadership shown on this scheme imo and lots more complicated that'll it looks on the permeable surface!
We are thrilled that our Rosmead St Scheme has been shortlisted for the #JohnSmeaton @ICEYorksHumber award.
A very prestigious category and amongst some amazing projects.
Good luck all, see you on the 8th Feb.
#SuDS
#Partnerships
#Floodaware
ice.org.uk/news-insight/news…
Great couple of opportunities to join our team in Leeds working on a really exciting and varied programme of flood schemes, from traditional flood defences to reservoirs and nature based solutions! @EnvAgencyYNE @YorkshireiCASP @ICE_engineers @CIWEM
📣Job Vacancy📣
We are recruiting 2 Flood Risk Management Senior Engineers for or Strategy and New Works Team.
Find out more and apply:
jobs.leeds.gov.uk/jobs/frm-s…
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We're looking into creating a network of digital sensors which could give people earlier flood warnings.
If you've been #flooded or have an interest in flood resilience, come join our workshop on Thurs 12 Oct, 12 -3pm @UniversityLeeds
Sign up bit.ly/3RxEy6S
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Jonathan Moxon retweeted
Why time spent near water is the secret of happiness @guardian
Take a look at our project with @UniOfYork that will help provide evidence for how to make the most of local green & blue spaces to improve the health, wellbeing & resilience of people
icasp.org.uk/projects-2-2/tr…
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Had some really exciting conversations this week about how we will get this work going over the coming weeks, lots of opportunities for collaboration by sharing learning and problem solving on a regional level. @LeedsFAS @EnvAgencyYNE @WestYorkshireCA @_NatureNorth
Great news 🔉
Leaders of West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme have gained almost £300,000 from Yorkshire Regional Flood & Coastal Committee.
It's to help make the region more resilient by boosting skills & capacity of those who manage flood risk.
bit.ly/3DJ4ZhQ
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Jonathan Moxon retweeted
Thousands of properties in #Kirklees are currently at risk of flooding. We can’t prevent all flooding, but we can help protect you, your home or your business when it happens.
Have your say on our new strategy to manage flood risk: orlo.uk/MSKrH
ALT Flood water is rising against a brown brick house with trellising up the walls. The brown wood front door and window are blocked with heavy white sandbags.
It's still early days but this programme is doing some really great things, the power of collaboration really makes the difference. @YorkshireiCASP @EnvAgencyYNE @LeedsFAS @bradfordmdc @Calderdale @MyWakefield @KirkleesCouncil @WestYorkshireCA
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Jonathan Moxon retweeted
A very exciting opportunity to join the Environment Agency as a Catchment Coordinator based in Yorkshire and the Humber delivering environmental enhancement projects.
The deadline to apply is 15/06/2023
Click below to find out more👇environmentagencyjobs.tal.ne…
Great work by Phoebe, I'm proud to be part of the Yorkshire NFM Community of Practice, I think collaborative networks like this really do help to mainstream NFM, great work being done, but lots to do too, future is exciting @YorkshireiCASP @LeedsFAS @EnvAgencyYNE @MottMacDonald
Come along to this @3SResearchGroup seminar where I will be discussing my recent paper about the importance of #CommunitiesofPractice for triggering a shift in environmental management whereby a nature-based approach is favoured!
Jonathan Moxon retweeted
1/2 We're recruiting 🔊Come & work with us as an Impact Translation Fellow.
Work at the interface between academia & practitioners solving problems facing industry and government.
Apply by Tuesday 11 April
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.asp…
ALT A group on tour of the Brownlee Centre
This is a really exciting next step in developing a long-term programme that will improve the way we tackle climate change and boost flood resilience in the region. Its great to be a part of this, excited to see how things develop. @LeedsFAS
New funding is being invested in West Yorkshire to develop research to make the region more resilient to #flooding & #climatechange.
WY FLIP has received £310,000 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. #UKSPF
bitly.ws/BYw7
ALT Portrait of Cllr Scullion
Our West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme is just about to start a project looking at improving the information we have on existing PFR installations in West Yorkshire so we can provide better support to those that have them at their properties. @bradfordmdc will lead this
Make sure your Property Flood Resilience products are up to scratch - be prepared for #flood risk and get them regularly checked and serviced