Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust issues survey to assess flood impacts on health, wellbeing, and the environment

The Wildlife Trusts have partnered with RSA to understand the impacts of flooding, and natural flood management methods, on people’s health and wellbeing.

The partners have issued a public survey, a link is provided below, about local Natural Flood Management (NFM) sites. How they can benefit the local environment and people. The Wildlife Trusts manage a network of these sites which are helping to prevent flooding by slowing down the flow of water by natural means.

Flood Risk

One in six houses across the UK are at risk of flooding. In addition to the effects of climate change, our landscape today is at increased risk due to more concrete, hard surfaces, and paving. Flood waters therefore are not able to soak into the ground. This can lead to rivers bursting their banks and overwhelming flood defences.

Sheffield is home to a series of a NFM sites, bringing wildlife and flood prevention measures to the region to reduce flooding naturally. These include popular spaces open to the public. Like the sports pitches at Whirlow Playing Fields, which feature ponds to capture water, and grassy streams. Others like our Limb Brook: Nature-based Solutions Demonstrator, including at Lady Cannings Plantation, and leaky dams elsewhere in the catchment.

Natural Flood Management Survey

The survey is anonymous and open to all members of the public from June to 16 August 2024. The results will be used to assess the impacts of Natural Flood Management on health and well-being, and the environment. Final findings will be used to inform future NFM sites.

Access the survey here: https://stantec.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4MGKVMDG4oLp40K