Blind faith, cynical scepticism or critical friendship?€¦ · Blind faith, cynical scepticism or...

by

John Kelsall

Chair Cumbria River Authorities Governance Group (CRAGG)

Chair Carlisle Flood Action Group

Board member Cumbria Strategic Flood Partnership

Blind faith, cynical scepticism

or critical friendship?

Flooded properties 7,080

21,000 directly affected people

Carlisle 2,063 properties

Kendal 2,135 properties

Carlisle Civic Centre on 9 January 2005

Carlisle Civic Centre on 6 December 2015

Community

Control

Delegation

Partnership

Placation

Consultation

Informing

Therapy

Manipulation

Community Control

Tokenism

Nonparticipation

Based on Arnstein’s Ladder –

Degrees of Citizen ParticipationCRAGGFLAG

Partnerships share risk

but the community takes all the risk!

Missing rung ?

Too much responsibility

Too much commitment

Community struggles unfunded

Modelling has the answer

Contributions side lined

Results not acted upon

We know best

Do as we say

Upstream view of A7 Eden Bridge

4 of the 5 arches in summer conditions

Drawing of the ‘Smirke’ Eden Bridge

designed 1812, completed 1815

Upstream view – eye witnesses estimate a 3m differential to

downstream on Sunday 6th December 2015

View from the East, clearly showing Bridge

acting as a dam restricting conveyance

If defences are enforced the throttle point is extremely narrow

Existing river defences in yellow. Red line would be a defence

position if the Causeway had not been removed.

Community Control

Policy Influence

Tokenism

Nonparticipation

Governance

Integration

Delegation

Community

Control

Placation

Consultation

Informing

Therapy

Manipulation

Blind faith

Sceptical

cynicism

Critical

friend

Subsumed in

Government

Community Responsibility Limit ?

Revised Ladder of Community Participation

Weak Trust

Strong Trust

Strong Trust

CRAGG Delegation to give evidence to EFRA

Select Committee February 2017