Natural Course has been delivering a series of projects to support Catchment Partnerships in the North West. The 11 partnership hosts in the region have been coming together to learn about how to engage with businesses and develop investible projects, develop their presentation and facilitation skills, and meet as a…

Natural Course hosts new training workshops for Catchment Partnerships. We’ve all been in meetings where we haven’t felt very engaged, perhaps you left without having a chance to input, or frankly, it’s just felt like a waste of your time. So how can we ensure meetings have an inclusive, participatory…

 In early November 2022 Mark Turner, the Natural Course Greater Manchester team leader, was invited to the ‘storm water systems in the context of climate change adaptation conference’ at the Viimsi Artium in Estonia. This international conference provided an opportunity for partners to present the findings and outcomes of two…

In September, Natural Course Programme Manager Dave Marshall joined colleagues from the Environment Agency and the Canal and Rivers Trust to meet with Trudy Harrison MP – the newly appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in Defra. The meeting took place at Toddbrook Reservoir (the site where, following intense heavy…

Natural Course and the Estonian LIFE Project Urban Storm have a common interest in sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in urban settings and began sharing case studies with each other back in 2019.  After a few years of networking remotely, it was our pleasure to welcome partners from Urban Storm to…