How you can help?
Volunteering your time:
We need more volunteers to help us with the Sussex Flow Initiative's important and rewarding work. We work on private land, therefore it provides an excellent opportunity to observe the wildlife in areas not usually accessible to the general public. We provide the tools and equipment and third party insurance, as well as instruction on what, how and why we are doing that particular task.
Work ranges from planting woodland/hedgerows, to constructing leaky dams to slow the flow. Our tasks are mainly during the winter months between September and February, outside the main bird nesting season and during the dormant period of the plants we will be planting.
If you are interested in volunteering with the project please fill out the 'Contact Us' form to receive future tasks and information.
Research Projects:
We are really keen to help develop the ever increasing evidence on Natural Flood Management, and to hear from students wishing to undertake research on working with natural processes.
We have a running list of projects that we are interested in, such as:
We are also happy to support student work by supplying data (where possible), reports or knowledge to aid with your research.
If you would like to undertake your research project on Natural Flood Management looking at any of the above projects or have your own project in mind please fill out the 'Contact Us' form.
Volunteering your time:
We need more volunteers to help us with the Sussex Flow Initiative's important and rewarding work. We work on private land, therefore it provides an excellent opportunity to observe the wildlife in areas not usually accessible to the general public. We provide the tools and equipment and third party insurance, as well as instruction on what, how and why we are doing that particular task.
Work ranges from planting woodland/hedgerows, to constructing leaky dams to slow the flow. Our tasks are mainly during the winter months between September and February, outside the main bird nesting season and during the dormant period of the plants we will be planting.
If you are interested in volunteering with the project please fill out the 'Contact Us' form to receive future tasks and information.
Research Projects:
We are really keen to help develop the ever increasing evidence on Natural Flood Management, and to hear from students wishing to undertake research on working with natural processes.
We have a running list of projects that we are interested in, such as:
- How do different NFM measures slow and store floodwater, sediment and nutrients?
- Can we use basic variables (such as % of urban area or woodland) to predict water volumes on a stream level?
- What impact would the loss of trees to ash die back have on flooding in the River Ouse catchment?
- How does soil type influence the efficacy of different NFM measures?
- How do subsurface field drains influence flood development and magnitude?
We are also happy to support student work by supplying data (where possible), reports or knowledge to aid with your research.
If you would like to undertake your research project on Natural Flood Management looking at any of the above projects or have your own project in mind please fill out the 'Contact Us' form.
