Dorset Council has built on a positive relationship with Hall & Woodhouse, to create valuable career and training opportunities for young adults who are leaving the care of the council.
Dorset residents and stakeholders are invited to have their say on the draft Dorset Domestic Abuse Strategy 2021-2024.
From February 2022, Dorset Council’s special educational needs and disability information, advice and support service (SENDIASS) will be run by Family Action, a long-established charity that supports all families.
A new home for up to five Dorset children and young people, called The Harbour, is being built in the grounds of 45 Dorchester Road, Weymouth.
Dorset will be remembering the tragic loss of life following two World Wars and other conflicts in more recent years at its annual Remembrance service on Thursday 11 November.
As part of Dorset’s Covid-19 recovery strategy, Visit Dorset, Dorset Council’s tourism team responsible for promoting the county, has launched a new and improved website to support the local economy and generate more tourism visits and bookings.
Dorset Council is preparing to upgrade the existing painted cycle lane along Dorchester Road, Weymouth with some new features, making it safer for cyclists.
Parents and carers whose children will be starting secondary or upper school next September have just a few days left to apply for a place at their chosen school.
Join us in celebrating National Care Leavers’ Week (Monday 25 October – Sunday 31 October 2021). Book a spot on our webinar to find out how you can help to support Dorset’s care leavers.
People in Dorset are reminded to give their comments as part of a review which aims to ensure Dorset’s town and parish councils continue to reflect the communities they represent.
Cllr Spencer Flower, Leader of Dorset Council, has made the changes outlined below to his Cabinet as a mid-year reshuffle. All changes come into immediate effect from today, Monday 18 October.
Katie Charles has been appointed as the Headteacher of Dorset Council’s new school for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Dorset Council has been undertaking the Annual Canvass for the Register of Electors and all residents have been asked to check their electoral registration details are correct to make sure they retain their right to vote in future elections and referendums.
The grant funding will be used to help build almost 200 homes in Dorset on underused brownfield land, helping local people and families get on the property ladder.
Dorset Council is highlighting that Sunday 10th October is World Mental Health Day.
Dorset residents are reminded to reach out for support if they are experiencing financial difficulties or are feeling stressed or worried.
Dorset residents are being asked to give their comments on plans to enable 80 extra places at Beaucroft Foundation School.
We are asking for Dorset businesses and organisations to step-up and lend their support to help young people who have been brought into the care of the Council, who are looking to develop their independence, and may not have the usual support of friends and family.
Is your child due to start Secondary or Upper school next September? You need to apply by 31 October 2021 for the best chance of getting a place at their preferred school. This applies to all children moving from primary to secondary school, or middle to upper school in September 2022.
Fancy meeting some friendly people and leading them on walks in and around Bridport?
A motor trader who sold an unroadworthy tipper truck and misled a buyer in Portland has been ordered to pay £3850 pounds in compensation, fines and costs.
The 999 Emergency Services Day was adopted in 1918 as a national day of thanks.
This year to help look after Dorset’s precious heathlands, Firewise UK (Dorset), Dorset Dogs and the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) have teamed up to launch the K9 Firewise Patrol Volunteer Scheme. If you are out and about on the heaths over the bank holiday weekend you might see our volunteers, they… Read more K9 Firewise Patrols
Following feedback from residents, town and parish councils, businesses and other stakeholders, Dorset Council is planning the introduction of two new parking permits, as well as changes to proposed charges in its car parks.
Best wishes to everyone getting results in Dorset this week! Congratulations to all students for their hard work and achievements in GCSEs, A Levels, Functional Skills, BTECs and Level 3 Qualifications.
This week, residents of a pioneering Dorset Council scheme for adults in social care – a first of its kind in the United Kingdom – are celebrating one year of living independently.
Work has begun on a new children’s home with excellent facilities, as plans to make Dorset the best place to grow-up go on. Building works are underway to create a new residential home for Dorset children at Dorchester Road, Weymouth. This new development will provide a home for up to five local children and is… Read more Creating homes for Dorset children – work has begun
Dorset Council has received the Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme.
The Purbeck Heaths are nationally and internationally important for rare and threatened wildlife. To ensure that the amazing diversity of wildlife that inhabits the heaths can not only survive but thrive, a partnership of the RSPB, National Trust, Natural England and Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are expanding the naturalised grazing system at National Trust’s Hartland Moor… Read more Purbeck Wilder Grazing Project Reaches Exciting Milestone
Dorset residents are being asked to check their electoral registration details are correct to make sure they retain their right to vote in future elections and referendums.
