Event OverviewRetrofitting SUDS: From Design to Delivery On Thursday 12th September 2019 over 70 delegates attended the Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough United Football Club, UK for a day of informative presentations, a walking site visit and opportunity for networking drinks. Retrofitting sustainable drainage solutions into urban environments requires innovative design and supportive policies. Having...Read more
Over 20 delegates benefited from this free training event and enjoyed a fantastic view over Peterborough’s football pitch in the sunshine. The SPONGE project also provided gifts for delegates of a green water-bottle to encourage hydration and reduction in single-use plastic. Event OverviewFREE Training Workshop on Retrofitting Sustainable Drainage in the Urban Environment 2pm-5pm Wednesday...Read more
Over 130 people attended the Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems seminar in Bruges in April 2019, which brought together participants from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK with a focus upon providing practical testimonies from organisations that have retrofitted SUDS into the urban environment.Cost benefit analysis was a key theme for the presentations which focused...Read more
The modern approach to designing public spaces requires interactive engagement with many stakeholders, including the public. Opening up early dialogue with users and other stakeholders, mapping their needs and desires, are now seen as essential steps, with the key being engagement, engendering trust and creating added value. It is clear that much has changed since...Read more
Water Resilient Cities partnership held the second of its network meetings in the picturesque location of Condette, near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. Over 70 participants - from France, UK, Belgium and Netherlands – joined together to explore how to add value to sustainable urban drainage systems to maximise benefits to wildlife, amenity, public health and...Read more
This workshop was part of a networking seminar of the Interreg 2 Seas projects Water Resilient Cities (WRC), SCAPE and SPONGE 2020 on the topic of climate adaptation.Read more