Great Yorkshire Rivers - Barrier Removal Course

Course Details

14-15 May

Niagara Centre, Sheffield 

The aim of this course is to enhance the knowledge and capacity of staff in organisations within the Great Yorkshire Rivers Partnership, enabling them to effectively engage in the removal of barriers within their catchments.

This two-day course will be specifically tailored to small to medium dam and barrier removal projects in the UK and will be delivered by experienced practitioners from Rivers Trusts, consultancies and GYR partners. 

Over the two-days sessions will cover

• Identifying barriers and how to assess their passibility and potential for removal
• Technical requirements for removing barriers
• Laws and legislation for barrier removal
• Working with the local community and building partnerships
• Assessment and modelling
• Case studies
• Field trip

Further Information 

Each GYR partner organisation can register 2 team members initially. If there is still space after all of the organisations have registered then additional spaces will be offered.

The course has been heavily subsidised by GYR which has kept the costs down to just £50 per person

Lunch and refreshments will be provided on day 1. On the second day a packed lunch will be needed for the site visit

Full delegate information will be provided before the event