Mary Long-Dhonau OBE

Great to take part in making a #floodawareness film in partnership with @nationaltrust & @AdmiralUK. It'll be on their websites soon!

Great to take part in making a #floodawareness film in partnership with @nationaltrust & @AdmiralUK. It'll be on their websites soon!

It's #floodactionweek & I'm kicking it off in Westminster tomorrow working alongside @floodre helping to launch the brand new #floodmobile. It's packed full of #PFR & will travel into newly #flooded areas to help people during their recovery.
Photos tomorrow!

Just back from a trip to Venice.
Daft place to go ( for me) really, I dumped the tourist route in favour of the property #flood barrier self guided tour! 😊

My new directory of property flood resilience ( PFR) has just been published.
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Grateful for a share!

Discover Mary’s new Property Flood Resilience Directory, packed with info on PFR, trusted contractors, and everything you need to protect your home!

We’re proud to be featured alongside other great resources.

My new directory of property flood resilience ( PFR) has just been published.
floodmary.com/attention-in...
Grateful for a share!

If you think you may #flood due to all the rain
it's really important that you prepare for it, to reduce the damage & heartbreak. Here's a blog which shows you how to prepare using 'stuff' you may have around the house.
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Lots of people have 'To do' lists. Why not a '#Flood to do list?'
Preparing for a #flood should be the front and centre of everything when a #flood is coming your way!
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Preparing for a #flood is SO important!

My new Directory of Property #Flood Resilience #PFR Products and Measures is now in the design process. I hope to launch it later this month. Watch out for it, it'll be a useful resource!

This new design shows the many ways you can better protect a home from a
#Flood, help it recover sooner, a room prepared for a #Flood & of course some nature to help reduce flood risk in the garden

YouTube video by Mary Long- Dhonau Preparing for a flood

With lots of rain falling on hard ground, there is potential for surface water #floods.
This short film shows how to prepare for a flood using stuff you may have around the house.
youtu.be/gika1cf1zRU?...

Mum in horror sewage flood with 'hundreds of condoms' gives chilling warning When Mary Long-Dhonau's home was overwhelmed by sewage, rats and dried faeces, she vowed no-one else should go through the same hell

When @floodmary.bsky.social’s home was severely flooded by sewage in the great floods of 2000, her 3-year-old son had just been diagnosed with autism. It took 9 long months to repair. Since then she’s dedicated her life to helping others.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

I headed to meet @floodmary.bsky.social at one of her advice clinics. Her flood-mobile is kitted with props to demonstrate how people can protect their homes at cost-effective ways. Simple things like covering air bricks with aluminium tape stops water coming through.
In today’s @mirror.co.uk

Goodness me! It's one of the wettest counties in the country. I have travelled there in my floodmobile many times! Worrying.

"I lost boxes of my children’s memories, hospital memorabilia, little handprints, the first drawing of Postman Pat. I had to get the fire service to pump us out. It took nine months to put our house back together" -
@floodmary.bsky.social
with @roswynnejones.bsky.social @journomaryamq.bsky.social

Mum in horror sewage flood with 'hundreds of condoms' gives chilling warning When Mary Long-Dhonau's home was overwhelmed by sewage, rats and dried faeces, she vowed no-one else should go through the same hell

When @floodmary.bsky.social's home was overwhelmed by sewage, rats & dried faeces, she vowed no-one else should go through the same hell. Since then she's dedicated her life to helping others. @journomaryamq.bsky.social headed to one of her advice clinics to meet her.
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Meet @floodmary.bsky.social aka Mary Mary Long-Dhonau, who became an anti-flood + climate campaigner after her family home was deluged by sewage.
She describes impact on her kids, one of whom is autistic, precious keepsakes lost - and why she wants to protect others.
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

A letter responding to powerful testimony from flood victims & campaigners to the EAC, on the devastating impact of flooding.

6 million UK properties are at risk of flooding - set to rise to 8 milion by mid-century. We cannot afford to close our eyes to the risk.

@floodmary.bsky.social

Reform UK-run Lincolnshire County Council scraps flood committee The work will be incorporated into another committee despite all other parties opposing the change.

This is APPALLING!
Lincolnshire is one of the most at #flood risk counties!
It shows a complete lack of understanding!

BBC News - New Reform council abolishes flood committee
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My plea to the Chancellor!

Warning from @floodmary.bsky.social of risk to safety if flood defence budgets are cut as part of the Chancellor's spending review - a move Mary describes as utterly self-defeating, flood damage likely to lead to increased spending across the board.

www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Not just building flood defences but maintaining those we've got, restoring peatlands & woodlands & wetlands & urban gardens & all the spongy spaces that absorb water, reducing flood risk. @floodmary.bsky.social speaking at yesterday's EAC.

www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Installing #PropertyFloodResilience #PFR can greatly reduce the potential damage during a #flood thus ensuring #BusinessContinuity✔

Check out @floodmary.bsky.social booklet to see case studies of business’ using PFR➡️ floodmary.com/wp-content/u...

Funding for flood defences crucial as the bill for bad-weather hits record quarterly high | ABI The ABI’s Q1 2025 property claims and premium data shows quarterly claims for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions topped £200 million for the first time ever.

A very timely article.
The chancellor really should be INCREASING the flood defence budget. Not considering CUTTING it!
www.abi.org.uk/news/news-ar...

#flooding is only going to get worse. It is false economy to make cuts to the flood defence budget!

On @lbc.co.uk this morning, @floodmary.bsky.social was asked about rumours the government is considering cuts to flood defence budgets. Fair to say that wouldn't be a move she'd support.

I have travelled the country into #flooded communities over recent winters & talked to thousands of newly flooded people. I've heard directly the devastation it causes
Even thinking of cutting the flood defence budget is preposterous! Doing it is reckless!

I've done a couple of radio interviews today and asked the same question!