Coasts in Mind

Across last year our team on the Swale Estuary in Kent have been collabing with the women's shanty crew Upping the Shanty. Together they've explored coastal change and climate crisis through shanty. Watch their journey here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...

#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film

We've had a wonderful time at TAG in York. Many thanks to all our speakers and everyone who helped put the conference together. We're off to absorb all the new information we've learnt @tag2025york.bsky.social #TAG2025 #yorkTAG

Lawrence kicks of our session at TAG giving a brief introduction to Coasts in Mind and our aim to help people understand the climate crisis through the creative arts and archaeology. Check out our website, to see what we're all about cim.mola.org.uk #yorkTAG ##TAG2025

We've got stickers! Track down @digging-kit.bsky.social during the coffee break if you fancy one! #yorkTAG #TAG2025

Tomorrow, we'll be chairing a session during TAG 2025 at the lovely University of York @tag2025york.bsky.social Come along to Session 34 and find out more on how art can help engage people with archaeology and climate change #yorkTAG #TAG2025

We're at Ikuwa (the 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology) in Oostende, Belgium. Paul, our newest member of the Swale team, is representing us! As well as chairing an exciting session on stone fish weirs 🐟 If you're there pop by and say hi 👋
#ikuwa8 @stonefishweirs.bsky.social

A derelict Warden Point Radar Station structure lies at angle on the beach. The concrete is stained green in places from exposure in the intertidal zone. Black text on a bright blue background reads, "it took it about 20 years to work down the cliff but it's something you could sort of monitor because it was a big item." The Heritage Fund logo is in the top right corner.

I've been supporting @coastsinmind.bsky.social Team Swale. This week we've launched the #CoastsInMind community map.

cim.mola.org.uk/map

#CoastsInMind is a MOLA project made possible by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and #NationalLottery players.

#ForeshoreFriday 🏺🌊⚓️

Changes in Bird Species Around Holes Bay and Upton Country Park Oral history recorded in July 2025, where Nick Woods describes the changes in bird diversity he's seen around Holes Bay, and how these changes become normalised.Nick has lived around the shores of Poo...

In our Poole Harbour region there are currently 60 stories of coastal change, from the impact of extreme weather to the changing soundscape of birds cim.mola.org.uk/map/records/...

Explore the map to find more stories of the impact of the changing climate on the coast #nlhf #birds #climatechange

We’re incredibly excited, our mapping platform is GO! It gathers evidence of coastal change by recording locals’ memories, postcards & holiday snaps – things which aren’t usually part of official climate change conversations.
Join us to explore the impact of climate change cim.mola.org.uk/map #NLHF

Three members of Upping the Shanty, an all female shanty choir, discuss climate change on the banks of Faversham Creek. Harry, the Coasts in Mind's Project Officer listens attentively.

We're looking for a Senior Community Archaeologist to join us in the Swale Estuary. If you fancy working on a ground breaking project, looking at the impact of climate change on heritage, then join us! Deadline for applications is Friday 15th. Check it out mola.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

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We've just sent our first national newsletter 🎉 In it you can find out about our team training on beautiful Brownsea Island and how the interactive map is shaping up! Want to see for yourself or learn what our teams have coming up? Then signup below, it's super easy 🙌

cim.mola.org.uk/get-involved

Coasts in Mind and Ace Holds the Space Intergenerational Memory Workshop Event | CiM Coasts in Mind recently partnered with a local heritage media company, Ace Holds the Space, to collaborate on a memory workshop event in Bideford, North Devon. The goal of this collaboration was to tw...

In Devon our team have been partnering with audio art producer Ace Holds The Space and their amazing youth pod casting team. These talented young folk have helped us record memories of the past before they're forgotten. Read our blog cim.mola.org.uk/blogs/ace-ho... and keep your ear's open for more👂

A digital dictaphone with a mic plugged in, sits of a table ready to be used to record an oral history. Surrounding the dictaphone is a pile of books on the archaeology of Ainsdale.

We're excited to be running a session at TAG 2025 in York! It's called 'Art, audio, and archaeology: Widening access to heritage'. Used sounds to engage with your audience more meaningfully? Then come give us a paper! See tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-... for full abstract. Catch you there 🎙️

We've been brushing up our field skills on Brownsea Island. Among the sites we recorded was this post-med brick kiln we first modelled in 2016. Looking forward to teaching some foreshore skills to our volunteers. Big thanks to @nationaltrust.org.uk for hosting us!

Made possible by #lottery players

Hello world, it's nice to be here! We'll be helping communities map the impact of climate change on some of our most vulnerable coastlines. We're based in Sefton, North Devon, the Swale Estuary, and Poole Harbour. See how your coast changes and help record it.

Thanks to #NationalLottery players