The Fairbourne: Moving Forward project will be holding the above event at Fairbourne Village Hall.  The event will take the form of a presentation, followed by time to talk to project board members on a one-to-one basis afterwards.  The presentation will be held at two separate times with the first one starting at 2pm and the final presentation starting at 6pm.  Both presentations will be the same but timed to allow those who are unable to attend one session, to attend the other. Each present...

Fairbourne’s flood awareness event – held on Friday 29th August 2014 – was well attended with almost 70 people from the community coming along to speak to members of the Fairbourne: Moving Forward project. The project, which is a partnership between Welsh Government, Gwynedd Council, Natural Resources Wales, Royal Haskoning and which collaborates with the local Fairbourne Facing Change group, has been established to support the community through the process of Managed Realignment of it’s coas...

(Article dated 08/05/2014) Plans to manage future sea levels rises will not be made “behind closed doors”, says flooding minister Alun Davies. During a statement on coastal flooding at the Senedd on Tuesday (6 May), Labour Mid and West AM Joyce Watson asked the minister about the future of communities like Fairbourne on the Gwynedd coast. Mrs Watson, a member of the Assembly’s Environment and Sustainability committee, said: “A few weeks ago, I met up with Gwynedd Council officers and members...