Stroud and Tewkesbury Waterscapes Project
Get in touchThe Stroud and Tewkesbury Waterscapes project is using Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to help limit the impact of flooding on local habitats and improve the resilience of local communities, by reducing flood risk and boosting biodiversity for nature and people to enjoy.
Thanks to our founding partner Intact Insurance and our partners, the Environment Agency and Gloucestershire County Council for their continued support on this project, we’ve been able to continue this project after a very successful Phase One in Cheltenham and Gloucester. The project is part of Intact Insurance’s commitment to building resilient communities and helping people, businesses and society adapt to a changing climate.
Rain Garden at Springbank Community Centre, Cheltenham.
The project will continue to use rain gardens and green roofs, and start using permeable paving, all of which are Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). These solutions are ways of addressing flooding by capturing water and slowing the flow while cleaning the water and increasing wildlife areas. See some examples from Phase One.
How can you get involved?
The project is looking for suitable locations to add SuDS like rain gardens. If you have any land or space or know of an area that might benefit from this work, we want to hear from you. This space might be outside your local community hub, or on your business site, or a paved area in your local town or village that could benefit from some more wildlife.
If you’re a landowner, business, or community member in the Stroud and Tewkesbury districts interested in this project, please complete the form below and we’ll get in touch. We’d love to hear from you and for you to get involved.
Request a talk
If you would like to book a talk hosted by the Waterscapes project team for your community group or business, please use the button below to provide some details and we’ll get in touch.
Rain Gardens at The Friendship Café
We’ve been able to continue this project thanks to continued support from RSA Insurance, and a growing network of partners joining the project such as Gloucestershire County Council and the Environment Agency.
We will continue to raise funding for this project over the next two years. If you would like to support this project financially, please contact our Fundraising team.
Sustainable Drainage Systems in Schools
If you’re a school looking to add rain gardens, green roofs, and other Sustainable Drainage Systems to your premises, we can offer you advice and guides on how to do them. We may also be able to direct you to possible grants and funding for the work. Please fill in the form using the button below to get in touch.
Previous SuDS work at GWT
GWT has a wealth of experience in SuDS, check out the following videos and resources below to learn more about the other projects we’ve worked on in this area.
