Keeping it real - consistent, sustained and creative engagement
Practical methods and activities the BRIC Team use to engage with communities
The BRIC Team
Engagement Statistics
Phase 1 – Interreg Funded
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Lipson – 46
• St Levan – 24
• Public consultations
• Trefusis Park – 63
• St Levan Park – 96
• Newsletter – 15,535
• Demographics
• Children & Young People – 591
• Working age – 309
• Retired – 122
• Wider area
• 447
• Total engaged with
• 25,036
Phase 2 – DRIP Funded
• Newsletter
• 10,700 homes, quarterly
• So far, we’ve delivered 5 newsletters (53,500 copies)
• Demographics
• Children & Young People – 743
• Working age – 350
• Retired – 88
• Wider area
• 144
• Slow the Flow- Pledges
• 93
• Digital Badges - 16
• Total engaged with (so far…)
• 45,483
Places and People
Collaborations
Tamar Crossing Centre
Ernesettle Green
YMCA, Honicknowle
St Levan Park
Lorrimore Avenue
College Road Primary
St Levan Inn
Ford Inn
Devonport Guildhall
Village Hub
Weston Mill
Royal Cornwall
Showground
Kenn Centre
Exeter County Hall
Exeter University
Victoria Park
Eggbuckland Community College
Trefusis Park
University of Plymouth
Central Library
Central Park Aquarium
Lipson Vale Primary School
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Bernice Terrace
The Tap and Barrel
Efford Youth Club
Tothill Park
Mutley Baptist Church
• St Levan NHW
• Clean our Patch
• Village Hub
• Stoke in Bloom
• Flood Industry Magazine
• DRIP partners
• EP projects
• Our Rainwater
• Art and Energy
• Blue Heart
• SWW
• Tamar Crossing Centre
• The Box
• National Marine Aquarium
• University of Plymouth
Plymstock Library
• EA
Engagement Activities
Surface Water Simulator
Flood Tank
Raindrop to Flood
Email Updates
3 weekly Volunteer updates to over 40 volunteers:
• What we’ve been up to
• Dates for the diary
• Newsletter
• Slowing the flow, one action at a time
• Resident’s meeting
• Questionnaire
Monthly Stakeholder updates to over 80 stakeholders:
• Requests for newsletter articles
• Copies of our newsletters
• Opportunities from DRIP partners
• Plymouth Urban Tree Festival
• Global Plymouth – World Environment Day event
• River Plym Project
• Home and Dry workshops
• Habitat Banking
Climate Pioneer Street
Slow the Flow Booklet
Download a copy of the booklet:
Digital Badges
Community Flood Responders
Topics include:
Emergency response
Understanding flood risk
What do we want CFRs to do?
Flood risk awareness
Flood risk awareness guidance
Role profile
• Attend our free training
• Keep an eye on drains
• Clear debris from drains and gulleys when safe to do so
• Report flood-related problems to PCC
• Receive flood alerts and weather warnings – they will also communicate these to vulnerable residents
• Eyes and ears of the community
• Help in the event of a flood
Designed a training package for volunteers Digital badges will be awarded for this campaign
Adopt a Drain
Capital Projects
Trefusis Park Flood Relief Scheme – consultation and public information sessions
St Levan Flood Relief Scheme – public consultation, scheme now in design stage
Central Park Ponds – community engagement and guided walks
Legacy Building
