A healthier, happier you
Getting active for 30 minutes a day boosts physical wellbeing and has mental health benefits: better sleep, more positive mood and reduced stress and anxiety.
Waste and reycling
Get composting Spring is a perfect time to think about making compost for our gardens, hanging baskets and window boxes. Composting is great for the environment. It improves soil – helping to create healthy plants and reducing the need to water and fertilise. It’s easy to make, can save money and you only need a… Read more Waste and reycling
Opening the digital door
Using a £20,000 Government grant, we are donating around 60 mobile devices and laptop computers, with up to two years’ worth of connection, to people who don’t have access to the internet. Get support Our volunteer digital champions are available to help people use their device. Some people cannot easily access everything they need online… Read more Opening the digital door
Adult health and care
Can you help a loved one leave hospital? Helping a relative or friend with day-to-day tasks when they leave hospital could prevent further demands on health and social care services and free up a hospital bed. It can also help improve or speed up their recovery. If you could help a friend or relative when they leave… Read more Adult health and care
Our key achievements so far
A great deal has happened since Dorset Council was created in 2019, including the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some key achievements so far.
Children and young people
Could you foster a child or young person? Fostering is rewarding and turns a child’s life around. We have great foster carers in Dorset but need more to look after our vulnerable children and young people. Foster carers come from many backgrounds with different life experiences and circumstances. There are different types of fostering, including emergency, short-term… Read more Children and young people
Our budget explained
Dorset Council’s Budget for the financial year 2022-2023 has been carefully designed to prioritise the continued delivery of vital frontline services for residents.
Deadline fast approaching to apply for new community and voluntary sector fund
Funding deadline alert! Dorset’s social, voluntary and community sector have until 1 April to submit their application for financial support with their running costs.
