Flooding

The benefits of effective engagement for everyone can include:

• Increased flood risk awareness

• Increased flood resilience individually and collectively

• Improved partnership working

• Stronger relationships with flood risk communities

• Improved skills, knowledge and experience

• Safer flood risk communities

• Better communication between responsible authorities and flood risk

communities

• Informed and knowledgeable flood risk communities who have skills and

confidence to influence and work in partnership

• Increased job satisfaction for responsible authority staff

• Responsible authority staff and flood risk communities being more aware

of each other’s perspectives

• Building mutual respect and understanding

• Greater added value and best use of resources.

https://scottishfloodforum.org/resources/local-authority-assistance/#leaflet

https://dawsonwam.co.uk/projects/campbeltown-flood-protection-scheme

https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/roads-and-maintenance/campbeltown-flood-protection-scheme-project-updates

Cover image - Dawson WAM - Progress flood retention tank.