Somerset’s community resilience day to celebrate benefits of youth
The "energy, ideas and connections" of youth are to be at the forefront of the annual Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Day. The popular event - this year bigger than ever - is to be held on Wednesday 21 October at Millfield School in Street. UPDATE 13 October: Tickets are now all gone, but you can join a waiting list in case of cancellations.
SRA launches Somerset Flood Awareness Month
This October 2026 is the first Somerset Flood Awareness Month. Led by Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA), this partnership initiative is intended to help people understand their flood risks, know where to find reliable information and take simple steps to keep…
See Somerset changed / Into something rich and strange
Visions of Somerset disrupted by water are the focus of an unusual exhibition at Ilminster Arts Centre from Tuesday September 1 to Thursday 17 September. The show is called Seeing Through the Rain: Young Visions of Ilminster's Life and Future. It features artwork created in July by around sixty Year 6 pupils at Herne View Church of England Primary School in Ilminster. They worked with artist John Gammans and Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) community team member Bel Deering.
Out now: Somerset Rivers Authority Annual Report 2025-26
Dozens of places across Somerset feature in the newly published Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) Annual Report 2025-26. The report describes how the SRA spent £4.534 million on a wide range of schemes and activities designed to reduce the risks and impacts of flooding.
SRA partners to start £300,000 Somerset Levels & Moors maintenance
Main river maintenance works funded by Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) are set to begin on the Somerset Levels and Moors from Monday 10 August, 2026. These works will be delivered by the Parrett and Axe Brue Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs), acting as a partner in the SRA. The SRA's main aim is to help reduce flood risks, but these works are also of great importance in times of drought.
New £50million flood fund “a fantastic opportunity” for Somerset
The Government has given Somerset Council £50 million to help Somerset’s homes, farms and businesses better withstand the growing threat of flooding. Somerset Council says it will use the £50 million to develop a two-year programme of initiatives to reduce flood risk, improve preparedness and strengthen long-term resilience.