1. Prepared by Garforth Flood Support Group for the Garforth Neighbourhood Planning Forum AGM on Saturday 20 th September 2014

2. Established 2008

3. Flooding problems in Garforth Historic Catastrophic Recent: 2008 -2012

4. Historic At least three layers of clay Indiscriminate building and attachment to inadequate drainage infrastructure since the 2 nd World War Change of Council structure and administration in 1974 reducing drain maintenance regime

5. 1960s : Word of mouth, flooded properties since the 1960s. 1980s : Several incidents in the 1980s, none internal, so far as is recorded, other than in cellars, gardens, garages and outhouses but property damaged or lost e.g. freezer contents and garden equipment. 2007 : Flooding in several areas of Garforth, many people out of their property for months. Came to light that some of these had had previous bad flooding several times since 2000. 2014: The most widespread flooding across the town for multiple reasons (including the highest intensity of rainfall ever measured) in living memory.

6. Kingsway

7. Kingsway & Fidler Terrace Kingsway

8. Culvert blocked by services

9. Fidler Terrace

10. Lindsay Road

11. Beechgrove Terrace

12. Lidgett Lidgett Lane

13. Grange Avenue

14. Barley Hill Playing Field

16. Ditto

18. Ditto with Farfield Court behind

19. Ditto plus Cyclist

20. Queensway

21. Blocked Gullies

22. Lowther Rd.

23. Barley Hill Road 20072014

24. Formation of the Group DEFRA pilot scheme 2007 Personal contact after flooding 2007 Invitation to form a group 2008 Initial format 2008 Constitutionally set up 2009

25. Involvement with other bodies Leeds City Council....Drainage/Planning/Local Councillors (grants) Environment Agency Operation Watermark Yorkshire Water Voluntary Action Leeds: Constitution & Web site Mary Dhonau: visit & contacts Northern Flood Association, attending conferences Other Flood Groups e.g. Toll Bar, reciprocated visits

26. How the group is run Regular meetings Personal contact Proper agenda Proper minutes Action plan set up Regular routines e.g. gully & watercourse watch, flooding reports, planning application & building site monitoring Fund raising

27. Action Plan Set Up Involvement with LCC Peace & Emergency Planning Involvement with the Environment Agency Document Vital information Sub warden areas Trigger points Emergency action

28. Flood Store

29. Fund Raising Subscription, currently £5 annually Raffle at meetings Programme of events for 2014

30. Future Plans Flood resilience work Spreading the Message Upkeep of installed flood resilience products Help for future flood victims