Foster with Dorset Council (Dorset Council’s fostering service) is delighted to announce a new partnership with Dorset County Football Association, lending its support to the Dorset Youth Cup Competitions for the 2023/24 season.
The community could have a Neighbourhood Plan if residents give it the go ahead.
Leaders from social care, health and the parent carer community across Dorset have come together to sign a Joint Declaration of Support for our young people with special educational needs and disabilities as they move into adult life. The Declaration, signed by Executive Directors from Dorset Council’s Children’s and Adults Directorates, NHS Dorset, the Dorset… Read more Joint Declaration of Support for our Young People moving into Adulthood
Are you looking to make a difference to people living in your community? Do you need some capital funding for your project? The latest round of the Capital Leverage Fund which is managed by Dorset Council, is still open and welcoming applications for projects which will provide new and improved facilities for communities and residents… Read more Need some capital funding towards a community project?
Dorset History Centre (DHC), the county’s archive service has been awarded a £35,000 grant by the Archives Revealed programme at The National Archives. The highly competitive process identified the service’s efforts to catalogue the world-renowned archives of author Thomas Hardy as a high priority. DHC with its support charity Dorset Archives Trust has been leading… Read more Major boost for History Centre’s Hardy project fundraiser
Dorset Council has welcomed a new independent report calling for a national strategy on digital inclusion. For the past decade the council has led many local initiatives to help get people online – from rolling out superfast broadband to nearly 80,000 premises, gifting devices to people in need and creating a community of digital champions.… Read more National strategy needed to ensure no-one is left behind in the digital world
Households in the Dorset Council area are being asked to look out for an email asking residents to check whether the information on the electoral register is correct as part of the Annual Canvass for the Register of Electors. Every year councils must send a Household Enquiry Form to all properties in their area to… Read more Don’t lose your voice – reminder to respond to the Annual Electoral Canvass
Apprenticeships with Dorset Council are proving to be a real asset for upskilling the workforce and giving employees opportunities to fast track their careers. The number of people undertaking an apprenticeship increased by 52 per cent from 154 to 232 employees. The success of the programme can be largely attributed to a wider range of… Read more Council celebrates apprenticeship success
Dorset Council has received notice from Powerfuel that they intend to appeal the council’s decision to refuse planning permission for an Energy Recovery Facility at Portland Port.
Lower Winterborne Residents of Lower Winterborne have the opportunity to shape their community through the development of a Neighbourhood Plan.
Round 4 of the Household Support Fund (HSF) will reopen for applications at 10am on Wednesday 2 August 2023 for low-income households in the Dorset Council area. The support will be in the form of supermarket vouchers. Citizens Advice will be allocating this fund on behalf of Dorset Council and vouchers will be issued to… Read more Round 4 of the Household Support Fund reopens for applications
The regulations for temporary recreational campsites or ‘pop up’ camping sites have changed with the introduction of new permitted development rights.
On Tuesday 25 July 2023, Dorset Council’s new library strategy was approved by Cabinet. The strategy provides a framework to support and develop the council’s library service with a fresh approach to delivering services with no proposed branch closures.
Dorset Council has been announced as a finalist for Best Climate Action or Decarbonisation Initiative in this year’s Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Awards.
A huge and beautifully illustrated map of Sherborne dating from 1834 has been gifted by legal firm Porter Dodson to Dorset History Centre where it will be accessible to the public.
Dorset Council has been recognised for its ground-breaking work with children and families and has been selected as one of three local authorities to be a pathfinder in the government’s new programme to ensure families are better supported. Families First for Children is the name the government is using for its project to implement some… Read more Dorset selected for government pathfinder programme
A consultation about Dorset Council’s Housing Strategy has launched today. Residents who take part will have the opportunity to influence the council’s approach to housing over the next five years.
Rural housing specialist, Hastoe Housing, together with development partners, Dorset Council and C G Fry & Son Ltd, marked Rural Housing Week (3-7 July) with a celebration of their latest development of 8 affordable homes in the historic centre of Bridport, Dorset. Martin Cox, owner of West Dorset Leisure Holidays, previously owned the land… Read more Celebrating Rural Housing Week
In a record-breaking year, 3 country parks and 2 nature sites in Dorset have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award.
Councillors on Dorset Council’s area planning committee today, Thursday 20 July, have voted to approve an application to demolish the former Weymouth and Portland Borough Council offices at North Quay, Weymouth.
On Tuesday 25 July 2023, Dorset Council’s draft library strategy will be reviewed by Cabinet for approval. The strategy aims to protect and enhance the council’s library service, with a fresh approach to delivering services and no proposed branch closures. The strategy has been shaped by public feedback and data.
Dorset Council is calling on residents to get in touch if they can open their homes and hearts to people who have fled the war in Ukraine. So far, more than 400 households in Dorset have sponsored refugees as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, but we still need more. As the war sadly… Read more Could you offer a home to Ukrainian refugees in Dorset?
Dorset Council has significantly strengthened the support and services available for young people who have spent time in care, a recent visit from Ofsted (the office for standards in education) has found.
Dorset Council, in partnership with NHS Dorset and Dorset Parent Carer Council, has delivered its first ever Local Offer Live. A fortnight of events for parents, caregivers and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
Practitioners, service providers and partners came together this month to celebrate 10 years of Dorset Families Matter, a government funded support scheme which helps the county’s most vulnerable families.
It’s Srebrenica Memorial Week (5 -11 July), the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. A flag is flying over County Hall in Dorchester this week in memory of all those who died or suffered in the Srebrenica area in Eastern Bosnia 28 years ago, described by Kofi Annan as “The worst crime on European soil since the… Read more Dorset marks Srebrenica Memorial Day
Two days of conferences, both with the theme of ‘Belonging’, were held at Durlston Country Park recently for those working in education, health, the emergency services and the community and voluntary sector to look at how they could improve the lives of young people in Dorset through the work they do.
Cllr Laura Beddow, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Culture and Communities, said: “Over recent weeks, Dorset Council has been negotiating with the Home Office to secure an appropriate funding package for our work on the Portland barge scheme. It is essential that we can continue to meet residents’ needs while also providing new services for… Read more Latest statement on asylum seeker barge
Councillors express their support for the hospital discharge and reablement work being provided by Care Dorset Partnership work between Dorset Council and its local authority trading company Care Dorset is improving the quality of people’s care and enhancing hospital discharge services. The Care Dorset Shareholder Committee meeting heard that residential care home bed occupancy levels… Read more Care Dorset – Improving the quality of people’s independence and enhancing hospital discharge
Autistic children and young people in Dorset will have a better educational experience following the recent launch of the Autism in Schools Project which will improve the approach of the whole school, both students and teaching staff, to understanding autism.
