Whilst basking in this glorious weather (ok, looking at it from the office window…), we are continuing our ‘get out and explore theme’; so when I asked Guy, JCT programme Manager, where he would like to be today, he immediately replied the beautiful village of Abbotsbury, near Weymouth. I think I may have been once…
It’s Friday, it’s nearly the end of the Easter Holidays and quite predictably, next weeks weather looks beautiful! Here at JCT HQ, we have been discussing the weekend and really needed some inspiration! Like many with children or grandchildren on their Easter break, for the past 2 weeks we have been searching for things to…
Should you find yourself at a loose end this Saturday (or any Saturday in April), why not bring the family along to one of our guided walks to Keates Quarry? Our Jurassic Coast Ambassadors will ignite your imagination with stories of when the dinosaurs roamed our coast. Leaving from the Square and Compass pub at…
We recently launched a competition on our Facebook page to encourage all young budding Bards (with a little help from their parents!) to create a 20 line Dippy Rap and be in with a chance to meet and greet Andy Day from Cbeebies Andy’s prehistoric Adventures, this coming Saturday (31st March) at his Dino Raps…
On Monday 19th February, the Jurassic Coast Trust invited children and families connected to Julia’s House hospice to a very special event at Dorset County Museum – an intimate audience with Dippy. The evening was attended by 25 children and their families with a range of health conditions and abilities. It was hosted by time-travelling…
Did anyone watch the TV screening of the Jurassic World movie on Saturday evening? If you were at our Dippy Sleepover event at the weekend it was one of the two films we showed to get our guests in the mood! The film is not without it’s critics and if you overlook any scientific or historical…
Here are JCT HQ, we are very excited to be working with Brewery Square and bringing the Jurassic Coast Trust Roadshow to the Andy’s Dino Raps at Brewery Square event on the 31st March, where we will have arts and crafts, #DippyOnTour activities, fun facts, Go Jurassic Ranger membership offers and much more. To celebrate…
Try to picture, if you can, England, 200 years ago: ‘mad’ King George III is on the throne and rules a growing British empire. If you are a child in a poor family then get ready to work. No school for you! Are you a girl? Then forget going to university, only men are allowed…
Today (Saturday 10th February 2018) the Dorset County Museum opens its doors to the biggest and most popular exhibit in its 172 year history. Dippy’s natural history adventure starts here in Dorset and concludes in 2020 having visited eight different locations throughout the UK and seen by over 1.5 million visitors. Lorraine Cornish, Head of Conservation…