Grants available for good causes
Grants are available to help improve the lives of people living or working in Dorset.
It is here, our annual Liftshare week!
Fancy doing your bit and helping us in our bid to tackle climate change? Join us in our annual Liftshare week and turn your daily commute into something much more enjoyable.
Affordable housing boost for Beaminster
A development of 38 homes in Beaminster is set to go ahead as a wholly affordable scheme following a Dorset Council meeting.
Children’s Advice and Duty Service: providing the right help at the right time
Professionals in Dorset with concerns about a child can now pick up the phone and talk to a social worker, rather than fill out a referral form.
Highway works to return to Purbeck
Planned work on roads in the Purbeck area will start up again, following the lifting of an embargo.
Dorset Council sets out proposed priorities
Dorset Council Cabinet has approved its draft Council Plan outlining the organisation’s aspirations and priorities for the next four years.
Dorset residential home for children rated as ‘good’ by inspectors
A residential home for children with complex learning difficulties and disabilities has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted inspectors. The Cherries, run by Dorset Council, is based in Weymouth and provides long-term accommodation for up to nine children. Ofsted visited the home in August and looked at the following areas: • the experiences and progress of… Read more Dorset residential home for children rated as ‘good’ by inspectors
Meet your new patrol officers (and follow them on social media!)
Meet your new patrol officers who are working to make Weymouth even safer.
Dorset Council condemns geese killings
Seven Canada Geese carcasses have been found dumped on Dorset Council’s Blackdown Nature Reserve, near Hardy Monument. The birds were killed and had their breasts removed sometime overnight on 29 September. The remains of the birds were left in a ditch, believed to be the work of poachers. Cllr Ray Bryan, Dorset Council’s portfolio holder… Read more Dorset Council condemns geese killings
Cabinet agrees council tax exemption for young people leaving care
Care leavers in Dorset will not have to pay council tax until they are 25.
Weymouth Library and Learning Centre throws open its doors
Dorset Council hosted a well-attended launch event to officially mark the re-opening of its Weymouth Library and Learning Centre, earlier today (Saturday 28 September).
Major construction work finishes in north Dorset
Workers and residents have come together to mark the end of a six-month project to replace the Durweston flood arches.
All welcome at Remembrance Service
Everyone is welcome to attend the annual Service of Remembrance at Weymouth Crematorium next month.
New care community for Bridport takes a step forward
Where you live can really affect your health and wellbeing, but there’s a financial cost too. In England alone, it’s estimated that poor quality housing costs the NHS £1.4 billion a year. That’s why Dorset Council is thinking differently about how to use land we own, under a programme called Building Better Lives. In the… Read more New care community for Bridport takes a step forward
Wheelie successful cycling event
On the 18 September we ran our series of free, one hour adult refresher cycle training sessions in Dorchester Borough Gardens.
The blight of an empty home – a true story
My home is within a terrace and the neighbouring property became empty quite a number of years ago; forming part of an estate in probate. Over the years it was left unoccupied and the upkeep of the property was neglected by the firm of Solicitors in charge, resulting in its condition to deteriorate over time:… Read more The blight of an empty home – a true story
Summary of Dorset Council’s Cabinet agenda – 1 October 2019
The reports for next week’s Dorset Council Cabinet meeting are now online. On Tuesday (1 October) councillors will discuss a number of issues, including:
Highlighting National Empty Homes Week
Dorset Council is highlighting the problem of long-term empty properties during Empty Homes Week, 23-29 September, in conjunction with the Empty Homes Network. Throughout the week the council will be highlighting the issue of empty homes and showing examples of how homes that have been left empty for a long time have been brought back… Read more Highlighting National Empty Homes Week
Dorset Road Fix – October dates
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
Costs reduced by digitally savvy residents
Residents who confirmed their voter details online, by phone or text have helped Dorset Council reduce costs.
Drainage engineer prosecuted for misleading 94-year-old Dorset woman
A drainage engineer from Bournemouth has been prosecuted and ordered to pay over £9,000 after he misled a 94-year-old woman about work done at her West Parley home. On 18 September 2019, at Poole Magistrates’ Court, Brendon James White, aged 26, of Cheriton Avenue, Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection From… Read more Drainage engineer prosecuted for misleading 94-year-old Dorset woman
Dorset-wide Consultation on Dogs in Public Spaces Proposed
Dorset Council is proposing a temporary extension to the former councils’ rules about dogs in public spaces in order to consult the public and introduce new Dorset-wide Dog-related Public Spaces Protection Orders.
Dorchester’s Roman Town House awarded National Lottery funding
Dorset Council and its partners are celebrating after receiving a £248,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to improve physical access to the Dorchester Roman Town House and share its heritage with a much wider audience.
The latest blog from our foster carer Amanda – Two very different goodbyes.
The Summer holidays were never going to be easy. Apart from keeping seven children entertained, I knew we were facing the imminent departure of my eldest foster child. My lovely Mr C had been with us for two years and now he was transitioning home. With my heart trailing on the floor I started preparing… Read more The latest blog from our foster carer Amanda – Two very different goodbyes.
Climate Emergency – Dorset Council work gains momentum
Dorset Council’s (DC) Climate Change Executive Advisory Panel met on Friday 13 September to listen to members from Extinction Rebellion and discuss the Council’s progress with their plans to tackle climate change.
Dorset Waste Partnership and Dorset Council successfully prosecute another fly-tipper
Enforcement Officers from the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP), working alongside Dorset Council’s Legal team, have secured another successful prosecution of a fly-tipper.
Ground investigation works at Chesil Cove
Work started at Chesil Cove, Portland today as part of a larger monitoring study with Channel Coast Observatory working jointly with Southern Coastal Group.
North Quay – Dorset Council to submit new application
Dorset Council has announced what is happening next in regards to the old council building and site at North Quay in Weymouth.
Rare opportunity to see hidden bunker at Moors Valley
Visitors to Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Verwood, will have the chance to discover a hidden piece of Second World War history in September, which remained a closely guarded secret for over 30 years.
Restoring our precious heathland
A vital programme to improve and prevent the loss of precious heathland and its rarest inhabitants, will start this autumn.
