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It’s important that we thoroughly evaluate the Flood and Coastal Erosion Resilience Innovation fund.
This evaluation is being project managed by the Defra programme team. The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme is due to be advertised for tender in summer 2022.
Following a competitive tendering process the contract to evaluate the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme and the Adaption Pathways Programme has been awarded to Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA).
Our evaluation will:
Gather and share knowledge and learning on what worked well and less well.
Capture and evaluate the outcomes and impacts of the programme funding
Show how the costs and benefits accumulate when a range of resilience actions are implemented
Show the impact of the programme actions on improving resilience
Our evaluation will feed into future investment into flood and coastal change management.
Dissemination of the learning from these innovative projects is critical to the success of the programmes. Throughout next six years, we will create a range of opportunities to reach partners who could benefit from hearing about both project successes and failures.
The evaluation will look at the process, learning, benefits and costs of each project.
Evaluation support for the projects
To provide evaluation support, our projects are grouped under one of six themes:
Group 1. Catchment scale
Group 2. SuDs and groundwater
Group 3. Community
Group 4. Coastal
Group 5. Technology
Group 6. Adaptation pathways
Each group has an evaluation coordinator who will:
Sharing ideas, and address concerns within their group.
Facilitating learning across the groups.
Assist projects in applying the evaluation framework based on the project’s individual needs.
The projects in each of the evaluation groups are:
Group 1 - Catchment scale
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
BRI001
Frome Catchment Innovation Programme
Bristol City Council
CUB005
Cumbria Community Flood Innovative Resilience Programme
Cumbria County Council
WNO023
Holistic Flood Resilience in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire Council
YOR025
York and North Yorkshire Natural Catchment Flood Risk Solutions
City of York Council
Group 2 - SuDs and groundwater
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
BUC002
Groundwater Resilience & Community Engagement (GRACE)
Buckinghamshire Council
DUR007
Community SuDS Innovation Accelerator
Durham County Council
GAT010
Northumbria Groundwater Flooding - Mapping, Mitigation and Action
Gateshead Council
LIN011
Greater Lincolnshire Groundwater Project
Lincolnshire County Council
NEL014
Doncaster, Immingham and Grimsby (DIG) Surface Water Resilience Project
North East Lincolnshire Council
SLO017
Smarter flood resilience - sponge catchments for people and nature
Slough Borough Council
Group 3 - Community
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
DEV006
Managing Big Problems in Small Places: Rapid Response ‘type’ Catchments
Devon County Council
LOR013
Flood Resilience in the Beverley Brook Catchment. A community driven integrated water management approach.
London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames
ROC016
Roch Valley Neighbourhood Flood and Climate Resilience Programme
Rochdale Borough Council
STF020
A FAIR approach to community Flood Risk*Fair stands for Flood: Aware, Informed, Resilient
Staffordshire County Council
SUF022
Reclaim the Rain
Suffolk County Council
Group 4 - Coastal
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
COR004
Building Community Resilience on a Dynamic Coast by Making Space for Sand
It’s important that we thoroughly evaluate the Flood and Coastal Erosion Resilience Innovation fund.
This evaluation is being project managed by the Defra programme team. The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme is due to be advertised for tender in summer 2022.
Following a competitive tendering process the contract to evaluate the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme and the Adaption Pathways Programme has been awarded to Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA).
Our evaluation will:
Gather and share knowledge and learning on what worked well and less well.
Capture and evaluate the outcomes and impacts of the programme funding
Show how the costs and benefits accumulate when a range of resilience actions are implemented
Show the impact of the programme actions on improving resilience
Our evaluation will feed into future investment into flood and coastal change management.
Dissemination of the learning from these innovative projects is critical to the success of the programmes. Throughout next six years, we will create a range of opportunities to reach partners who could benefit from hearing about both project successes and failures.
The evaluation will look at the process, learning, benefits and costs of each project.
Evaluation support for the projects
To provide evaluation support, our projects are grouped under one of six themes:
Group 1. Catchment scale
Group 2. SuDs and groundwater
Group 3. Community
Group 4. Coastal
Group 5. Technology
Group 6. Adaptation pathways
Each group has an evaluation coordinator who will:
Sharing ideas, and address concerns within their group.
Facilitating learning across the groups.
Assist projects in applying the evaluation framework based on the project’s individual needs.
The projects in each of the evaluation groups are:
Group 1 - Catchment scale
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
BRI001
Frome Catchment Innovation Programme
Bristol City Council
CUB005
Cumbria Community Flood Innovative Resilience Programme
Cumbria County Council
WNO023
Holistic Flood Resilience in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire Council
YOR025
York and North Yorkshire Natural Catchment Flood Risk Solutions
City of York Council
Group 2 - SuDs and groundwater
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
BUC002
Groundwater Resilience & Community Engagement (GRACE)
Buckinghamshire Council
DUR007
Community SuDS Innovation Accelerator
Durham County Council
GAT010
Northumbria Groundwater Flooding - Mapping, Mitigation and Action
Gateshead Council
LIN011
Greater Lincolnshire Groundwater Project
Lincolnshire County Council
NEL014
Doncaster, Immingham and Grimsby (DIG) Surface Water Resilience Project
North East Lincolnshire Council
SLO017
Smarter flood resilience - sponge catchments for people and nature
Slough Borough Council
Group 3 - Community
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
DEV006
Managing Big Problems in Small Places: Rapid Response ‘type’ Catchments
Devon County Council
LOR013
Flood Resilience in the Beverley Brook Catchment. A community driven integrated water management approach.
London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames
ROC016
Roch Valley Neighbourhood Flood and Climate Resilience Programme
Rochdale Borough Council
STF020
A FAIR approach to community Flood Risk*Fair stands for Flood: Aware, Informed, Resilient
Staffordshire County Council
SUF022
Reclaim the Rain
Suffolk County Council
Group 4 - Coastal
Project ref
Project title
Lead local authority
COR004
Building Community Resilience on a Dynamic Coast by Making Space for Sand
