Solway Coast &

Marine Project

  • 6 MONTH SPRINT TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY-LED APPROACH TO NATURAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR 10-15 YEAR £20 MILLION COASTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR 200 MILE SOLWAY COAST

  • SOLD OUT EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE REGION: THE SOLWAY LAB 2038

  • NETWORK OF ‘COASTODIANS’ ESTABLISHED FOR PHASE 2

  • RURAL FUTURES TRANSFORMATION PILOTS

Film about the SCAMP engagement

Client
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Solway Firth Partnership

Year
2023-24

Outcomes:

  • Report on potential £20 million natural capital investment along the Solway coast.

  • Locally designed set of Values to guide future phases of the SCAMP project.

  • Locally designed Community Benefits to shape national standards.

  • Priorities for Phase 2 Action: ecosystem restoration, citizen science, access improvements, a region-wide coastal path and pilot projects in the region’s extremities: Stranraer and Annan.

  • ‘Coastodians’ community-based environmental activist network

What People Are Saying

“brilliant Barbara, fantastic day”

“walk-and-talk on shoreline was great thank you!”

“shells were great - how very Solway”

“lovely mix of indoors and outdoors”

“focussed activities with excellent supporting resources”

“excellent facilitation of discussion session”

“interesting and engaging way to encourage discussion and input”

“a stimulating and inclusive discussion workshop about the important environmental interests of the area and future possibilities”

“excellent approach to concentrate assessment of very important issues”

— experiential workshop participants: Solway Lab 2038

“Huge thanks for last night. You were so inspiring and informative through your presentation and we are delighted with the work you have done and the report. You have created a positive energy around SCAMP that is infectious! Also great idea to commission a poem and invite poet, Stuart Paterson, to read it.
That was a lovely end to the evening.”

— Engagement Manager, Dumfries & Galloway Council

“This project is special because it is community driven. I know of some community driven projects but there should be so many more. I hope you feel proud of last night’s event. I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

— Good Practice Adviser, Scottish Land Commission

“What a pleasure it was to meet and work alongside you. Really most impressed by the consultation and all your facilitations. What a great piece of work. Thanks for allowing your Coastodians title to be applied to my film.”

— John Wallace, Filmmaker