Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is increasing its actions around sustainable water management.
It’s joined a water stewardship programme delivered through new collaborative action.
Interactive workshops, peer to peer learning and assignments to help with the development of a Water Stewardship Charter, were all parts of the programme.
It’s developing technical skills around water mapping and conservation and a focus on building site-specific strategies to accelerate continuous improvement. And completing the activity sees organisations receive certification and a digital badge to illustrate the commitment to responsible practices.
The collaborative initiative is helping to accelerate water efficiencies amongst larger water users, supporting their sustainability targets and helping tackle UK water scarcity risks ahead.Amongst those seeing results in 2026 is Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Ekaete Utuk, Energy & Waste Compliance Officer at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Overall it’s been a great programme and will be useful in strengthening operational resilience, alongside improving water efficiency.
“The content was comprehensive with practical assignments to develop and improve the organisation water strategy and business case.
“It has certainly helped with reviewing our water metering strategy, so we can improve water monitoring and targeting and I look forward to the follow up support.
The programme builds on our wider action-taking with Water Plus that’s underway to increase water efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.”
In Water Plus’s ongoing customer engagement, its collaborative industry action also saw 100 leak spotters provided to Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and 100 leak spotters Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
The two trusts are also adding data loggers onto water meters and held two sustainability action days in 2026, in their proactive water management approach with Water Plus. It’s part of steps by the Trusts to further build operational resilience and identify more efficiency opportunities, with daily water data feeding into an analysis portal from the loggers.
Scott MacIndeor, who leads the technical water efficiencies team at Water Plus, said:
“Seeing smarter water strategies unlocking innovation and efficiencies at sites is great to see as we help more businesses and public sector locations find ways to gain bigger benefits that can help to meet climate challenges all of us face.
“By identifying opportunities and spotting issues early, we can collectively power-up smarter water strategies, reduce waste, lower operational costs, cut carbon emissions and protect resources for now and the future.”
Business water retailer Water Plus engaged a variety of UK organisations around the water stewardship programme, delivered by Ireland-based 20FIFTY Partners, with funding from regional water wholesaler United Utilities.
The leak spotters provided to the trusts are strips that can be placed in toilets to detect silent leaks and were funded by the regional wholesaler United Utilities.
Luke Brewer-Nevitt, Water Efficiency Delivery Manager at United Utilities, said: “The Water Stewardship programme is helping organisations take practical action to reduce demand and manage water more sustainably, with collaboration like this key to protecting water resources and building long-term resilience at sites and across the UK.
Together, we’ve invested significant effort with Water Plus to successfully launch the programme run by 20FIFTY Partners and build strong early engagement from customers.”
In August 2025, a Joint Green Plan was adopted by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust to reach Net Zero by 2040, for emissions they directly control (the NHS Carbon Footprint). It also set a Net Zero target of 2045 for emissions the Trusts can influence (NHS Carbon Footprint Plus).
The joined-up programme allows best practice to be shared across both organisations to drive further progress towards the Net Zero targets.