World Heritage is the shared wealth of humankind and protecting and preserving these amazing places demands the collective efforts of all of us, and the national charity World Heritage UK lays its part for the UK Sites. World Heritage Day, on the 18th of April, offers an opportunity to raise people’s awareness about the diversity…
A Digital Admin specialist is needed for the Jurassic Coast Trust The Jurassic Coast Trust is a small organisation with big ambitions and a significant role to play in the future safeguarding, management and support of the Dorset and East Devon World Heritage coastline. Managing a World Heritage Site is a complex and important task. …
We are very excited to announce that this year’s Jurassic Coast Award, sponsored by the Fine Family Foundation, will be a photography competition. The Award, which will be judged by a panel led by award winning photographer Ben Osborne, will be looking for photos taken of the World Heritage Site, and that fall into three…
December 13th 2011 marked the 10th Anniversary since the Dorset and East Devon Coast was made a World Heritage Site by the World Heritage Committee in Helsinki. Of course, in the context of 185 million years of the Earth’s history, a mere 10 years as a World Heritage Site is a paltry amount, but in…
With the need to increase revenue to support conservation and education of the World Heritage Site, we (the Jurassic Coast Team and Trust) are looking at opportunities for to create high quality official merchandise that can generate income for the coast.
The Bridport Arts Centre was the venue for the Fifth Jurassic Coast Annual Seminar on December 16th. The event is normally held each December to review the year and explore in more detail a theme of relevance to the World Heritage Site. Past Annual Seminars have looked at areas such as the arts or community…