A RADCLIFFE flood hero will compile his top tips in case the town is faced with another natural disaster.

A memory book to commemorate the Boxing Day floods specifically in Ramsbottom is a work in progress and organiser of the Radcliffe flood-relief team, Steve Houghton-Burnett is doing his part to chip in.

Steve was responsible for leading the volunteer group in Radcliffe where he helped gather donated furniture, clothing and cleaning products to be distributed to those affected.

Now his wife, Lucy, who co-ordinated a team of 200 volunteers in Ramsbottom, is gathering people’s recollections and photographs from the two-week volunteer activity in Ramsbottom, Strongstry and Irwell Vale.

Steve will be sharing everything he learnt from the situation to compile into tips for the community in future if any more floods were to hit the town.

Lucy, aged 35, a communications consultant who specialises in large-change projects, said: “Steve and I will share the top tips that we learnt through the process of running the volunteer hubs so if heaven forbid something similar happens again, the community can rally around, but starting with the advantage of the key things we learnt this time around.

“I am once again gobsmacked by the support and generosity of local businesses. The lovely memory book we are making containing the memories of volunteers, photos, and messages of thanks from flooded residents is being created completely for free.”

Ramsbottom printing company, Orbital has agreed to print 250 copies for free and the design of the book has been created by Spiral Communications in Leeds also free of charge.

The book will be available as a pdf, free to be emailed to people and Lucy hopes to hand out books to key volunteers and residents.