Calderdale NFM Grant Scheme open for applications – deadline March 24th 2025!
Farmers and landowners are invited to apply for funding to implement Natural Flood Management (NFM) measures on their land. Projects … Read more
Rural NFM
Messing About in Rivers: Creating Water Vole Habitat by Slowing the Flow
Slow The Flow advocates Nature-based solutions to flood management, because of their multiple benefits. One of these is beautifully described in our … Read more
West Wolds Slow The Flow – partner update
Our friends over in East Yorkshire, West Wolds Slow The Flow (WWSTF), have reached an exciting milestone, with their first … Read more
Grass aeration increases soil porosity, reducing run-off – Case Study
Tell us about your project: Compacted soil surfaces lack porosity which causes floods from the run-off. The lower porosity reduces … Read more
Kilnhurst Wood – Case Study
A brilliant case study where Calderdale residents installed a suite of natural flood management measures on their land Tell us … Read more
New video – Trusted advisors give practical Natural Flood Management support for landowners
Some of our friends from the Calder Catchment Partnership (including many SOURCE partners) have released an excellent new video about … Read more
Restoring Calderdale’s Sphagnum Moss: Nature’s Water and Carbon Sponge
Guest blog by Gill Wrigley, Sphagnum project officer, Calderdale Council Sphagnum moss holds twenty times its weight in water. … Read more
Slow The Flow Launches Education Resources for KS2 and KS3 on Natural Flood Management
Funded by The Community Foundation for Calderdale, Slow The Flow has developed a range of free teaching resources on Natural … Read more
CIRIA: The Natural Flood Management manual
If you’ve read Slow The Flow’s Introduction to Natural Flood Management, and You Can Slow The Flow SuDS pages, and want more detail… … Read more
Garden Communities Masterplan Consultation
Slow The Flow asked a question recently at a CMBC Cabinet meeting, with regard to the proposed Brighouse Garden Suburbs. … Read more