Table 2.

The outcomes of flood groups approaching flood risk as a collaborative process

Payment for outcomes/partnership funding	Warden scheme	Emergency plans
Cockermouth Flood Action Group  £340 000 raised through council precept (£150 000), plus individual and charitable donations	Cockermouth Flood Action Group  Designed to take over from fund raising group	Naunton Flood Group  Water meters which are sent to specific members of the village
Keswick Flood Action Group  £50 000 raised through book sales of local memories of the flood event, plus individual and charitable donations	Keswick Flood Action Group  Designed to take over from fund raising group	Emswoth Residents’ Association  Direct contact in Authorities in case of flood  Operate own pump in most at risk area
	Par and St Blazey Flood Group  Water meters which text ~100 wardens over the area  Wardens who advise the vulnerable on insurance	The Hanneys Flood Group  Water meters which directly upload to website for everyone to see
		Par and St Blazey Flood Group  The most vulnerable people in the community could be located in case of an emergency