Ashton Hayes

Funder: University of Chester HEIF fund
Lead organisation/s: University of Chester and Andel
Team: Namrata Bhattacharya Mis, Servel Miller, Gerbren Haaksma, Sam Hay, Daniel Jones
Duration: 2021-ongoing
Project aim: The project aims to engage with the local community in Aston Ingham, to understand the needs and fill the gap in the evidence of sustainable interventions required to reduce the level of flood risk in the area using design thinking method
Project summary:

Workshop/s: A community engagement workshop was conducted with representatives from the local community to understand the issue and provide a community led solution. Engaging with the local community, council , flood group and parish enabled co-development of solutions. The preferred solution for the areas was to install ground based sensors to provide early warning to the residents.