Sea Devonport
Coastnet works to promote thriving coastal communities across the UK and specifically works with and supports community groups on the coast to raise awareness and develop an understanding of coastal issues.
Sea Devonport aimed to provide informal learning opportunities that could lead to structured learning and formal training in science and media for hard to reach adult groups.
The project delivered training sessions on:
- film making, including use of technology;
- editing;
- sound and oral history recording;
- interview techniques; and
- photography.
The project worked effectively with a range of partners including a social enterprise (Pembroke Street Estate Management Board), Mount Wise family rooms (not for profit) and Local Authority sectors (Frederick Street Youth Service and Manor Street Children's Centre) for the facilitation of the sessions, and involved local business in the delivery of expertise (Learn to Sea, The Aquarium, Living Coasts, Glynn White - local business person).
Partners in the project were able to engage more individuals in using their services through the wide range of activities on offer, whilst participants developed new networks and increased social skills.
Placing children at the centre of the learning activities was a great success. The young parents, in particular, benefitted from the information aimed at their children. Through the making of films, groups of young parents and their children learnt about issues related to marine environment and about the effect of pollution on the sea.
However, it can take time to build successful relationships with participants and this should be considered at the beginning of any similar project. In addition, travel costs may be high for other organisations that may want to replicate the activities in the Sea Devonport project.
CoastNet
Mountwise House,
Devonport,
Plymouth,
Devon PL1.
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Resources
Sea Devonport Blog
The project produced a selection of video clips and a project web blog. Photographs and links to the YouTube video clips from the project are available on the project web blog.
Wrapped in cotton wool
A sample video from the Sea Devonport blog
