Colin Bentley is a fine artist based in East Devon, working in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust on a three-year art project. Colin is working alongside the Trust’s volunteer Ambassadors, Business Partners, local museums, schools and community groups across the project’s duration. In this blog, Colin talks about this year’s exhibition at Symondsbury Tithe Barn. The…
Caz Scott is a Dorset based artist with a love for the nature and geology of the Jurassic Coast. She trained in fine art at the Arts University Bournemouth and now works as a full-time artist from her studio in Dorchester. Caz recently became a Business Partner of the Jurassic Coast Trust. Caz’s paintings aim…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is pleased to invite Website Developers and Digital Transformation Consultants to tender for a the creation of a new digital platform (website) to deliver the digital strategy of the Jurassic Coast Trust. The tender was released on the 5th November 2018 and will close at midday on Friday 23rd November. Organisations…
Cumulus Outdoors and the Jurassic Coast Trust have helped to inspire young visitors to learn about the Jurassic Coast, whilst raising vital funds to help look after it. Julian Sawyer of Purbeck Footprints, one of the Trust’s volunteer “Ambassadors”, delivered a series of Jurassic Coast talks for young people undertaking their Duke of Edinburgh Gold…
Kieran Satchell (shown right) is a recent graduate in animal behavioural biology from the University of Plymouth, near to his home in Ivybridge, Devon. In this blog, Kieran tells us of his forays in to the world of palaeontology-themed science communication with his local Scout groups. As a Jurassic Coast Ambassador, I have recently had…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is excited to welcome award-winning journalist Kate Adie CBE to Symondsbury later this month, for an evening exploring the stories from the Jurassic Coast that resonate most strongly in the 21st century. Kate will speak about what Dorset’s outstanding World Heritage coastline means to her, before handing over to the evening’s…
Kieran Satchell (shown right) is a recent graduate in animal behavioural biology from the University of Plymouth, near to his home in Ivybridge, Devon. In this blog, Kieran takes us along for an entertaining and informative day out in Beer with Mike Green, one of the Jurassic Coast Trust’s original Ambassadors. Earlier this year, on…
Colin Bentley is an East Devon-based fine artist working on a three-year art project in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. In the latest of his regular blogs, Colin writes of the excitement leading up to this year’s exhibition. Colin’s Jurassic Coast art exhibition is at Symondsbury Estate’s Tithe Barn near Bridport from Sunday 21 to…
Sarah Acton is the Jurassic Coast’s poet-in-residence. She is exploring the poetry of East Devon and West Dorset as part of a residency spanning the Jurassic World Heritage Site, taking inspiration from earth history, natural landmarks and the land, working with local museums, schools, and other organisations along the way to create participatory events and…