Project Gather exhibition opening @Shambellie House tomorrow Sunday 8th March 11 - 3pm.
The workshop participants and tutors have put together a winning exhibition highlighting the issue of ocean plastic.
We look forward to welcoming you!
After a beach clean, workshop participants spent the week documenting the beach debris from the Solway Coast, through photography, cyanotypes printing, storing telling & crafts. Their fantastic work will be curated into an exhibition opening at @Shambellie House Sunday 8th March from 11 - 3pm.
World Wildlife Day is a good time to appreciate those little hoppers that clean up our beaches by eating the seaweed strandline!
Solway Firth Partnership is recruiting a Project Officer to join the Solway Coast & Marine Project (SCAMP) – Innovation in Restoration team.
Base: Stranraer
4‑year fixed term (with a likely 5‑year extension)
Application pack and full details: lnkd.in/eBYAJiwB
Closing date: 5pm, 13 March 2026
Now open this exhibition combines the amazing images by photographer Mandy Barker with a celebration of beach clean volunteers and their collections and animations by students from Dumfries & Galloway College.
Scottish Government is consulting over draft Fisheries Management Plans aimed at securing a sustainable future for demersal fish stocks. More at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
New law will ban the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in England. More at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Swansea University are inviting expressions of interest for a fully funded PhD studentship exploring perceptions of saltmarsh. More info at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
The deadline for applications to the Robin Rigg Community Fund is fast approaching - Mon 10 Nov at 12noon. More info and how to apply at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
We had a great day at the #wildgoosefestival hub sharing beach finds and helping visitors create cyanotype postcards of items that intrigued them.
Interested in studying the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline and getting an MRes? More at www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgra...
Scottish Entanglement Alliance Meeting in Troon to discuss negatively buoyant rope. Go along to the Fishermens Mission, Troon at 6pm on Monday 20 October. More info at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Join Fidra's Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2025, taking place over the whole of October. More info on how to take part at www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-p...
Solway Firth Partnership / Solway Coast National Landscape Joint Conference Booking Now Open! Join us on 14 Nov 2025 at the Halston in Carlisle for the biennial Solway Cross-Border Conference. More info and booking at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Robin Rigg Community Fund Open Now! SFP is once again running the fund (on behalf of RWE) for 2026 on the Solway Firth to any organisation within the specified geographical area. Apply for up to £15,000, deadline 12 noon on Monday 10 Nov 2025. More info at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Join the talk by Museum Curator, Judith Hewitt, for Archaeology Month at 7pm on Thurs 11 Sept at Dumfries Museum on recent research they’ve been doing into the incredible archaeological collection (recognised as significant to the Scottish nation). Free to attend, no need to book!
Our own PO, Shovi Anjum, will be opening the conference for environmental communicators in Manchester this November, with the theme Against the Odds. More at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Join the ImMerse Festival journeying from sea to source, Sat 20 - Sat 27 Sept 2025. Environmental science is combined with cultural heritage, explore how human communities and natural systems have shaped each other over centuries. More info & booking at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Surveying seagrass on the sunny Solway shore and gathering tiny seeds to support propagation research #SCAMP
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on a draft Marine and Coastal Restoration Plan. Informal drop-in events are being held across Scotland information events, where you can learn about the plan and marine and coastal restoration in Scotland. More at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Join the fun at the Nithraid this Saturday 23 August. More about how to get involved at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
I-VMS Urgent Update from the MMO! Succorfish is no longer transmitting I-VMS data to the UK VMS Hub. This is preventing MMO from receiving positional data from under-12m vessels using Succorfish type-approved devices. More at www.gov.uk/government/news/i...
Scotland’s draft marine and coastal restoration plan is now out for consultation. For more info and to take part in the consultation - www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Coastal Cumberland Survey – Take Part! The survey can be completed by those who live in coastal Cumberland, as well as policy makers and group representatives. It is anonymous and takes around five minutes to complete. More at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Celebrate Irish Seas Day on Saturday 2nd August. There are events all along the Solway, from Seafest at St Bees to creative workshops in Stranraer as well as 2 beach cleans at the weekend.
You can always stay up-to-date with the SolwayWhat'sOn calender at zurl.co/mdy6m
The deadline is fast approaching for the new SCAMP jobs! Closing at 5pm on Fri 25 July for applications. If you want to be part of this exciting new Solway initiative - more at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
The deadline is coming up for applying to the exciting new Solway Coast and Marine Project Innovation in Restoration Jobs - 5pm on Friday 25 July. More at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
Head along to the Theatre Royal, Dumfries on Saturday 9 August to see the acclaimed ParaHandy: A Radio Play on Stage! The antics of the Vital Spark’s crew will come alive on stage. More at www.theatreroyaldumfries.co....
@solwayfp.bsky.social wants to appoint a Partnership Manager. Full-time (flexible working), permanent post in Dumfries c-js.uk/468aUN5
Solway Coast and Marine Project - Innovation in Restoration: Manager / Project Officer / Administrator with @solwayfp.bsky.social fixed term posts based in Stranraer c-js.uk/3TKmczi
