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Its not many groups that send me a list of 20 questions prior to my arrival, but at least I had chance to be as prepared as I could be when the SFF met representatives from the community and local councillors on Wednesday (24th) evening, when we visited the new community flood group in Portlethen. [...]

Friday 19 April saw the SFF meeting with MSP Nigel Don. We had already worked closely with the constituency office since the flooding in Stonehaven (Dec 2012) over a number if issues that had arisen, and were aware of the time Mr Don had already invested in many of the flooded areas from Edzell to [...]

As part of our commitment to Community Flood Groups throughoutScotlandthe SFF try’s to provide support on a regular basis, especially with a new group during its early start-up period. Tuesday 16 April was the date for their latest meeting, unfortunately clashing with a Multi Agency Recovery Meeting in Stonehaven, The Highlight of the Flood Group [...]

Thursday 11 April saw the SFF hold a flood product exhibition in the Village hall. Building on the work of the Fettercairn community flood group the exhibition was well publicised and a number of new enquiries were added to the list of properties that we were asked to survey. The SFF flood protection survey is [...]

Following the Community Council meeting the SFF were asked to visit a caravan park and properties directly affected by the storm damage in St Cyrus, It is always difficult to share with individuals and business owners who see many years of hard work and effort destroyed by flood damage. Especially when there are no easy solutions.

At the request of Auchenblae Community Council the SFF were invited to join with them on a walk along the Luther Water a burn that had burst its banks during the December storms and caused extensive damage to the community children’s play area and pathways. The group were to be commended in that it had [...]

Following the sucsessful flood protection Exhibition in Edzell a couple of weeks ago the SFF is busy following up on surveys and advice within the community, any one requiring further information please get in contact and we will pop over to see you -

It’s always deeply encouraging to see communities united behind a common cause. The SFF was kindly invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the Fettercairn flood group. Consisting of 8 members each with key skills to look at the causes and effects of the recent flooding as well as developing community resilience within the area [...]

The snow was deep in fact so deep you could scarcely make out the ground, the wind blew cold from the north, hurtling down the glens of Scotland and seemed to arrive just as a party of the Maspie Community Flood Group arrived in the wilderness (well it seemed like it) of Glen Devon – [...]

Its always deeply encouraging to see communities united behind a common cause. The SFF was kindly invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the Fettercairn flood group. Consisting of 8 members each with key skills to look at the causes and effects of the recent flooding as well as developing community resilience within the area [...]