Working with Flooded People to reach communities vulnerable to flooding

In autumn 2025, Weathering worked with Flooded People on a National Lottery funded project to help them reach the most vulnerable potential flood victims in areas that were likely to be subject to flooding.

The project builds on the work of the Climate Just resource and website, developed by Joseph Rowntree Foundation and University of Manchester and others, which was last updated in 2017.

Flooded People were interested in maps of vulnerable potential flood victims that could be used by community organisers, so it was particularly important that the outputs were accessible and legible to them. We decided that using GoogleMaps as platform to share these maps, as many people are already familiar with GoogleMaps and the app can be used on any smartphone to help organisers navigate communities with clear guidance about where vulnerable potential flood victims can be found.