Northumbrian Water recently brought together over 80 people from more than 40 North East and national partner organisations to help develop its business plan for the forthcoming AMP7 2020-25 investment programme.
With customers are at the heart of their plans, which are already well under way, the water company said it strongly believes that the best way to do this is to work with and hear from like-minded partners to help shape their future direction.
With this in mind, Northumbrian Water recently held a Regional Thinking Ahead Workshop, to explore the potential for partnership working and to see how the North East can excel at this as a region.
Richard Warneford, Wastewater Director at Northumbrian Water said:
“Our partners come from many different types of organisations, and have a wide range of knowledge and expertise. By bringing them together at events such as this we can help develop and build stronger partnerships. We want our partners to help us shape our existing and future services, and the ideas developed and discussed will be used to feed into our business plans and help drive decision making.”
The workshop provided an opportunity for debate around consistent themes which had been identified in advance and presented opportunities for working together to help deliver common objectives.
Attendees at the event came from a range of organisations across the region and included the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Coal Authority, Rivers Trusts, Wildlife Trusts, Local Authorities, business representatives, universities, housing developers, as well as a number of employees from around the water company.
Simon Lyster, a Non-Executive Director on Northumbrian Water’s board added:
"We know that working in partnership with other organisations is a great way of ensuring our river catchments provide quality water and stem flooding at a reasonable cost. We want to build on the partnerships we already have, and create new ones, so we are delivering even better value for our customers and even more benefits for the environment. The good news is that our partners are keen to do more as well, so we hope our 2020-2025 business plan will be our best ever in terms of value for our customers and gains for the environment on which we all depend."
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