Residents are being invited to form their own small groups to chat through how to make improvements to local coastal areas.
Groups are wanted to help with the Infrastructure for Port & Coastal Towns Project.
ImaginationLancaster, a research lab at Lancaster University, is inviting local people to form small groups of friends, family, neighbours or work colleagues to talk through what is important to them about the coastal area where they live.
Their findings will be used in a number of pilot projects to research and assess the feasibility of potential solutions to issues in local coastal communities.
Topics will be how you connect with your coastal area, making your area and infrastructure more inclusive, helping your people and communities grow stronger, and looking at transport in your coastal region.
"Despite the potential benefits of a coastal location, port and coastal towns and cities can be run-down and unattractive, and underperform in economic and social wellbeing terms," says the ImaginationLancaster website.
"Reasons include a poor built environment, derelict industrial and other legacy sites, the decline in traditional tourism and the poor connectivity to the waterfront, especially around ports.
"Rising sea levels and coastal erosion pose further major challenges. These issues are common to port and coastal towns and cities all around the UK, transcending simplistic north/south or east/west divisions, and demand innovation in rethinking and making our coastal communities more resilient.
"The infrastructure for Port And Coastal Towns and cities network – iPACT – will identify people-focused, infrastructure-based solutions to the complex problem of improving social well-being and prosperity in coastal communities through resilient and sustainable regeneration. A major emphasis will be on taking advantage of the coastal location."
Any group of up to four people who know each other reasonably well can take part.
Sessions will be held on July 19, 20, 22 and 23 starting at 9am, noon, 3pm and 6pm (times are flexible if required).
You can choose your own venue, or go to Stanley's or The Good Things Collective in the West End of Morecambe.
There will be a £5 Argos or Sainsbury's voucher for each participant.
To book email M.K.Harder@brighton.ac.uk
Children's play area in Lancaster opens after £118k revamp
Illegal tobacco and counterfeit clothing seized during raid on Lancaster city centre shop
Lancaster bowling green fundraiser hits target
Six food businesses in Lancaster district fail allergen tests
LISTEN: Stars of Morecambe and Wise stage show can't wait for Eric's 100th birthday
LISTEN: Thousands enjoy Wray Fair finale to annual scarecrow festival
PHOTOS and VIDEO: Incredible sand art on Morecambe beach honours Sir David Attenborough
Row over Morecambe FC debt as ex-directors' firm issues winding-up petition against club
Morecambe Pride handed £3,500 grant boost
North West awards delight for talented stars of Lancaster musicals
Music festival set for Lancaster over Bank Holiday postponed due to ‘ongoing planning’
Lancashire Police Museum in Lancaster celebrates fourth anniversary
Police investigate alleged sexual exploitation at Lancaster flat
Beyond the Beat: Two arrests after assault in Lancaster city centre
Morecambe MP "appalled" as Lancashire set to quit refugee resettlement scheme
Replica RAF helicopter to go on display in Lancaster at three-day show
Life-size knitted mannequin pops up ahead of Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday
Stars play in celebrity football match in Morecambe in memory of brave teenager
Roses are red! Lancaster University students celebrate fifth straight victory
70 homes in Carnforth evacuated after bomb scare
