Since joining the team I have very quickly come to realise how hard they all work and how excited they all are about doing the jobs they do. I still have to pinch myself occasionally and am enjoying greatly all the challenges, new experiences and opportunities that my new job has thrown up so far,…
We are currently working in partnership with the Regional Language Network South West (RLN SW) and with language assistants and students from Sir John Colfox School, Bridport, to improve the offer for overseas visitors to the Jurassic Coast. We are currently working in partnership with the Regional Language Network South West (RLN SW) and with…
In the first year of its presence at the Fossil Festival, the Jurassic Coast Arts Programme has two objectives. The first is to support the creative activity that takes place at the event, and the second is to give a platform for all the other related creative activity that is taking place up and down…
Since the Natural History Museum Ichthyosaur Travelling Exhibition, libraries across Dorset have been looking for more innovative ways to engage with the Jurassic Coast and a fantastic opportunity came up when Dorset Libraries decided to celebrate The Lost World Read 2009. This nationwide event celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan…
Charmouth Footbridge crosses the River Char and sits on a fantastic part of the World Heritage Coast.The bridge is used over 500,000 times a year. And consequently now needs replacing. Thanks to Arts Council England funding; we are now in a position to appoint an artist to work on concept development, and with the engineers…