At this time of year, we are of course uneasily reminded of the anniversary of our raison d’être; the Boxing Day Flood of 2015. So as we head to the end of 2018, Slow The Flow Calderdale looks back on yet another incredible year in the quest to reduce flood risk in the Calder Valley …
Slow the Flow was recently on BBC iPM. Click here for the interview.
Hardcastle Crags, our local National Trust site, is the home of Slow The Flow’s most successful project on the ground to date, with 250+ woody leaky dams built, and counting! Since November 2016, our volunteers have been working with the incredible team of rangers and land managers at The National Trust, The Environment Agency, Calderdale Council, Nathan the working horse, and many others, to build leaky woody dams across streams with …
Read moreHardcastle Crags – our most successful Project to date!
See this very interesting article published on how Slow The Flow are using Natural Flood Management to alleviate flood risk Download the article here.
The Annual General Meeting and film showing of “High Water Common Ground” on Thursday 12th April at 7.00pm at The Waterfront Hall, Hebden Bridge Town Hall, Hebden Bridge. Directions here. On Thursday 12th April, Slow The Flow: Calderdale will be holding its first public meeting of 2018 which will consist of its AGM followed by …
Read moreAnnual General Meeting and Film Showing of “High Water Common Ground” – 12th April
We now have our own page on the National Trust Hardcastle Crags website! It includes a great overview of what we do and lots of images of our volunteers in action
A recent video providing an overview of why we need to slow the flow, how we are doing it and our volunteers in action!