Welcome to the Natural Flood Management (NFM) Fund bidding platform (NatureBid). This scheme has been set up to support farmers and landowners in the implementation of measures that work with natural processes to reduce flood risk to the major road network ("A" roads and motorways).

NFM is an emerging approach to addressing flood risk. NFM measures slow or store water in the landscape by emulating or enhancing natural processes. Every landowner is likely to be able to contribute to natural flood risk management, irrespective of location within the catchment, and therefore can play an important role in reducing flooding in downstream areas.

The Fund is hosted by the Rivers Trusts. Your first point of contact is a Rivers Trust local Catchment Advisor who is available to support you with all aspects of the Fund, from application to implementation and maintenance of measures.

The Fund is being financed by National Highways, as part of £936M of designated funding made available over the next five years to deliver lasting benefits to the environment and communities. It is a pilot to explore how National Highways can work with farmers and landowners to reduce flood risk on sections of the strategic road network known to be particularly vulnerable to flooding.

Should you decide to make an application to the NFM Fund, you can bid for as many or as few measures as you like on the bidding page. Bids are made for individual measures. The intervention types specifically being promoted by the Fund are:

• Land Use Management (LM)
• Overland Flow Route and Field Corner Measures (FR)
• Watercourse Measures (WC)

Each intervention type includes a range of NFM measures you can apply for which are summarised in the Measures page. You are not restricted to just bidding to implement the measures listed in the Measures Booklet. We welcome costed proposals for alternative NFM Measures. You can submit these alternative innovations as part of your bid; Landowner Innovation measures will be limited to 10% of the HE NFM Fund value.