Future Coast North Swanage - part of the Coastal transition accelerator programme
Charmouth and North Swanage have been selected for funding through the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme CTAP, supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and funded by the Environment Agency (EA).
Coastal change is a nationwide challenge, but Charmouth and North Swanage are uniquely positioned to get a head start. Future Coast Dorset will help these communities manage their changing coasts and become more resilient. With £3 million in funding, the project will enhance infrastructure, improve beach access, develop and improve awareness of coastal risk and create plans for the future.
This initiative is a significant step towards a resilient and thriving coastline for future generations.
NEW join our citizen science initiative Future Coast Click and upload your North Swanage coastal photographs here
Please click on the picture links below
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The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme supports the Environment Agency’s FCERM Strategy, which provides a longer-term vision of how we will better protect and prepare homes and businesses from flooding and coastal change and create climate resilient places.
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Our Coast: Then, Now, Next, is a coastal detective challenge that has been created by the Future Coast Dorset to encourage inter-generational conversations around coastal change and adaptation.
The aim of this challenge is to encourage children to explore and share how their local coastline has changed over time, and how it might continue to change in the future. By talking with older generations, participants can capture memories of the past, then compare these with what the coast looks like today, and then imagine future changes. Through creative responses like photos, drawings, or short stories and interviews, the challenge helps build a shared understanding of coastal change and raises awareness of the evolving relationship between communities and their coastline.To see an introduction presentation please click here: Introduction presentation
For instructions and question prompts please click here: Instructions and question prompts
Pictures: Top left, going clockwise. Charmouth seafront, 1897. Swanage seafront, 1949. Swanage Beach, 1900. Map of Charmouth, 1880. Share Our Coast: Then, Now, Next - Coastal Detective Challenge on Facebook Share Our Coast: Then, Now, Next - Coastal Detective Challenge on X (formerly Twitter) Share Our Coast: Then, Now, Next - Coastal Detective Challenge on Linkedin Email Our Coast: Then, Now, Next - Coastal Detective Challenge link
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Phone 01305 224730 Email elaine.snow@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
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As part of the legacy of the Future Coast North Swanage programme the community are co-creating a coastal Adaption Plan for North Swanage. In this video Ross Fitzgerald, Associate Director of Geomorphology at project consultants Jacobs presents the most recent monitoring information.
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Due to recent landslips we advise everyone to please take extra care in the area. See Project Updates for more details.
Future Coast Click is your opportunity to take part in a citizen science project in North Swanage. Help us track the changing coastline from Ocean Bay to Sheps Hollow. You can upload your photographs here