Resources

Resource type: Report
Workstream: All
Brief description: Online report outlining project progress in 2023

Resource type: Report
Workstream: All
Brief description: Online report outlining project progress in 2024

Resource type: Report
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: Report sharing the results of the Community Readiness Survey, and how we interpreted them.

Resource type: Report
Workstream: Resilience
Brief description: A shorter, plain-English version of the Flood Experience Questionnaire Technical Report. It includes a summary of the main findings, designed for residents, community groups, and anyone who wants the highlights.

Resource type: Report
Workstream: Resilience
Brief description: The detailed analysis, methodology, community comparisons and supporting evidence from the Flood Experience Questionnaire.

Resource type: Animation
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: Aardman animation funded by Project Groundwater to show how groundwater flooding affects a mole looking for love.

Resource type: Animation
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: A simple animation explainer to help communities understand groundwater flooding.

Resource type: Interview video
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: Interview with Andy from Kimpton, on his experience of groundwater flooding

Resource type: Recorded webinar
Workstream: Resilience
Brief description: Webinar explaining how being prepared for flooding and benefit landlords and tenants.

Resource type: Podcast
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: Groundwater flooding is forgotten flooding. It surprises people, comes up slowly from below and takes ages to go away. Often devastating, too little is known about it... this podcast aims to change that.

Resource type: Recorded Webinar
Workstream: Planning
Brief description: This webinar, hosted by the CIWEM provides an introductory overview of groundwater and groundwater flood risk, and then reviews how groundwater flood risk is currently considered in development planning policy and development management.

Resource type: Interview Video
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: In this video, community volunteers share their experiences of groundwater flooding, the challenges their communities face, and how funding has helped them turn local ideas into practical solutions.

Resource type: Research paper
Workstream: Research and Education
Brief description: Framework produced by Claude Nsobya, Project Groundwater’s PhD student, for the IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science.

Resource type: Research paper
Workstream: Research and Education
Brief description: Research by Claude Nsobya, Project Groundwater’s PhD student, examining how co-production can strengthen community involvement in Flood Risk Management by ensuring fair power-sharing and empowerment.

Resource type: Research paper
Workstream: Research and Education
Brief description: Research by Claude Nsobya, Project Groundwater’s PhD student, exploring Uganda’s recent community flood resilience project in the Maziba catchment, focusing on its use of Natural Flood Management (NFM). It highlights how involving local communities in planning and implementation brings multiple benefits and strengthens resilience against increasingly frequent and severe floods.

Resource type: Research Paper
Workstream: Research and Education
Brief description: Research by Dr Sarah Fitton and Dr Karen Potter, Strategic Engagement Workstream Lead and Research and Education Workstream Lead. This paper explores what 'community resilience’ means within Project Groundwater, why it matters, and how shared understanding can turn ideas into practical actions that make a real difference.

Resource type: Research Paper
Workstream: Research and Education
Brief description: Research by Dr Sarah Fitton and Dr Karen Potter showcasing how social innovation in engagement and communication practices can help communities build resilience to groundwater flooding.

Resource type: Training
Workstream: Communications and Engagement
Brief description: Communities prepared offer a variety of training sessions, including flood volunteer training.