Thank you for attending the 2026 Community Resilience Day. We had over 230 attendees this year!

 

Thank you to the sponsors for this year’s resilience day:

 

If you would like to find out more about what each organisation does please following the links below:

Home – Somerset Rivers Authority

Flood Control International | The Water Stops Here®

Rheos Environmental Consulting

Flood Prevention Products – FloodKit – Flood Prevention Products

SuDSPlanter

Flood Re – A flood re-insurance scheme

Andel

Workshops & Presentations:

We had so many great workshops and talks at this year’s Community Resilience Day. You can access some of the presentations and supporting materials by clicking on the links below:

Somerset Council EPRR – How to Write a Community Emergency Plan

Piers Hooper (Somerset Council) – Somerset Flood Resilience Fund Update

Stoke St Mary – Community Self Help and Flood Controls

Dr Alec Bennett (Chartered Meteorologist) – Learning from the Somerset Thunderstorm of 22 June 2026: Hazards, Preparedness & Community Resilience

Ian Donovan (Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service) – Wildfires & Prevention

Key Note Speaker

Our key note speaker for this year’s Community Resilience Day was Dr Martin Parham from the University of Manchester..

Many thanks to Martin for joining us!

 

Community Resilience Awards!

Thank You!

Thank you so much for those who participated in the 2026 Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Day. The organising team hope that you enjoyed your day, learned new things and expanded your resilience network.  We are already planning ahead to 2027 and so would really appreciate if you could complete our short evaluation form here: Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Day Evaluation Form. It would be great to hear about your highlights of the day and any ideas you have for content or possible venues for 2027.

Thanks again for your attendance and we look forward to seeing you in 2027!