Strategy Engagement

The Strategy Team have been developing their schools engagement offer over the last 18 months, delivering several sessions to students and teachers across Hampshire, with the aim of involving young people in shaping the Strategy.

More recently, working with Geography Southwest, a resource hub for Geography students and teachers, the team have created 2 sets of GSCE teaching resources. These resources bring the Strategy to life as a local flood and coastal risk management case study. Each set includes PowerPoint presentations, teacher notes, student worksheets, and GIS activities. To request editable versions of the resources, please email the team. Alternatively, you can to access them on the right-hand side of the page.

• Resource 1: Coastal Processes and Landforms: A case study of a stretch of coastline to consider the coastal processes and landforms, focusing on Hurst Spit.
• Resource 2: Coastal Management: A session to consider the issues (flooding, coastal erosion, overtopping) and responses current and future associated with managing Hurst Spit.

Neighbouring Strategy, Christchurch Bay and Harbour have also developed GCSE and A-level resources, please click study resources to be redirected to their site.

CoastCraft

In October, CoastCraft - a new educational game that has been developed in partnership by Minecraft Education, Cornwall Council and the Environment Agency was launched. CoastCraft is aimed at 9-14 yrs and Key Stage 3 of the national curriculum. Playing CoastCraft introduces students to the dynamic processes shaping coastal landscapes, and challenges them to make decisions that balance the needs of the environment, community and local economy to respond to climate change and sea level rise. For more details and teaching resources, please view the Important Links section.

Draft Pathway Public Engagement - November 2024

In November the Team shared the Draft Pathways for each of the Management Units. There were a range of opportunities for residents to view or hear about the Draft Pathways through the following;

• 5 public exhibitions were held at a range of venues in Milford on Sea and Lymington
• online evening session (watch again by clicking on videos on the righthand side)
• workshop for local interest groups and organisations
• exhibition boards available to view as part of Lymington Afloat exhibition at St Barbes (8 Nov- 11 Jan).

The exhibition boards illustrated the proposed pathways for each unit and key check points in time as to whether and when works might be considered and implemented. By using the adaptation pathway approach, it enables us to present a range of responses over time, that can be adapted dependent on uncertainties in the future, for example, asset failure, funding, new resources or materials available. View Draft Pathway exhibition boards

Please note the pathways are still in draft and subject to further environmental assessments and therefore may be subject to change

Leading Options Engagement - June/July 2023

Summer 2023 we completed our second series of public exhibitions. This was an opportunity for everyone to view the Leading Options and for the Strategy Team to listen to peoples thoughts, views and concerns regarding these. Over 400 people attended the exhibitions and 164 feedback forms were submitted. We are now reviewing the issues and questions you have raised in preparation of further engagement opportunities in Autumn 2024. All display materials on the Leading Options from the events are available to view here.

Over the course of the next year there will be numerous opportunities for people to feed into its development, either through formal engagement events or direct contact, we are keen to hear from you about further opportunities for engagement.

Stakeholder Advisory Group

In 2020 a Stakeholder Advisory Group (StAG) was established comprising initially of 23 key local groups and organisations all with a specialist interest and knowledge of the local area. The purpose of the StAG is to understand local aspirations of the coastline, to disseminate information to members and act as a sounding board to the Strategy Team. In July 2025, a further 8 organisations were invited to join the StAG representing local interest groups. View StAG Members

Quick Poll

Please answer the two questions below to help shape how we share information about the Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy with more residents and groups in the local area.