People have voted and the results are in for the May 2021 town council by-elections and neighbourhood plan referendums in Dorset. An election also took place for the Police and Crime Commissioner.
When profoundly Deaf Bridport resident John Phillips received a free smartphone from Dorset Council, he had no idea just how much it would transform his life. The 76-year-old received the gift on Christmas Eve, as part of the council’s drive to help digitally connect people in need during lockdown. By then John, whose only method… Read more Smartphone gift saves John from a lonely lockdown
Want to make a difference to people living in your community? Apply to Dorset Council’s new project and event fund for arts, museums, heritage, community, play and physical activities.
Surface dressing is underway to repair suitable roads across Dorset as part of the annual programme of road maintenance work.
Dorset residents can once again get face-to-face advice on any digital queries such as setting up and using devices including phones, tablets and PCs. Digital champions have started to return to Dorset libraries to help people who are struggling to get online. Meanwhile the Digital Hotline will keep running to help people who can’t get… Read more Digital champions return to face-to-face advice sessions
Dorset council is seeking applications from relevant organisations to apply for government’s Community Renewal Fund. The Fund is specifically for projects that focus on supporting people and communities most in need across the UK. Applicants can put forward potential projects which align with one, or deliver across several, of the following investment priorities: investment in… Read more Bids invited for the £220m Community Renewal Fund
Dozens of community buildings across rural north Dorset are to be connected to next generation, gigabit-capable broadband thanks to a Getting Building Fund allocation from Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Now 60 community sites from Blandford to Sherborne; including schools, community centres, a health centre, council depots, farms and adult social care residential homes; will… Read more Community buildings to receive gigabit broadband thanks to investment from Dorset LEP and Dorset Council
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
Dorset Council is urging people to check whether they need to apply to the EU settlement scheme as the deadline for applications approaches.
Surface dressing is underway to repair suitable roads across Dorset as part of the annual programme of road maintenance work.
It is with great sadness The Chairman of Dorset Council, Cllr Val Pothecary, shares news from Buckingham Palace that HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, beloved husband of Queen Elizabeth II died today, Friday 9 April 2021 at the age of 99. The following statement was issued by the press secretary at Buckingham Palace:… Read more Dorset Council pays tribute to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
Dorset Council’s Cabinet has approved a further £6.3million to help repair and maintain the county’s roads, footways, and cycleways.
Dorset residents can still ask for help if they need it when shielding ends on Thursday (1 April).
This Easter, Dorset Council are warning potential visitors to their Household Recycling Centres (HRCs, or “the tip”) to expect long delays, and are advising to postpone your “trip to the tip” if possible.
Discussions have started with local communities across the Dorset Council area to engage with them on a review of parking charges.
More than 1,500 fun food and activity ‘holiday bundles’ are being sent to Dorset children who need it most this Easter. Volunteers and council staff took over County Hall in Dorchester to create the bundles for families who have been hardest hit by the pandemic, take a look! https://youtu.be/qUwELM6qPZk The bundles, which are being distributed… Read more Delivering food and fun to children in Dorset
A special hotline set up to help people get online during the first lockdown is celebrating its first anniversary. Three lockdowns later and the Dorset Digital Hotline has now helped almost 1,000 people. Behind the hotline is a team of dedicated volunteer Digital Champions who were forced to give up their library clinics when lockdown… Read more Dorset’s Digital Hotline celebrates its first birthday
Councillors on Dorset Council’s Cabinet have discussed recommendations at its meeting on 6 April and have agreed to continue looking at the orders for the banning of disposable BBQs on Dorset land in high fire risk areas across Dorset. These will come into force at a later date.
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
A joint bid by Dorset Council and BCP Council for funds to create a list of local heritage assets has been successful. A total of £70,000 has been secured from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
As many residents have already discovered, going for a bike ride is a great way to exercise and socialise with friends and family while social distancing remains in place.
Signage featuring fun and friendly wildlife characters will soon be seen on Dorset’s verges. The signage will feature a range of characters including bumble bee, mouse, grass snake, hedgehog and grasshopper. The messages on the signs will explain how we are managing that particular verge and thank people for taking their rubbish home.
Political and business leaders have welcomed news that rural Dorset will be among the first areas in the country to benefit from the government’s new £5bn gigabit broadband fund. It follows months of behind-the-scenes lobbying for better broadband in Dorset, led by West Dorset MP Chris Loder and Dorset Council’s deputy leader, Cllr Peter Wharf.… Read more Dorset one of the first areas to benefit from £5bn broadband fund
The project will combine the six legacy planning systems into one single software platform. 47 years of planning information has already been transferred to the new system for the former North and West District Councils.
Are you looking for a new and meaningful career in 2021? Join us on Wednesday 31 March for an informal online question and answer session to find out about the difference you can make as a Shared Lives Carer.
On Thursday 6 May 2021 residents in the Dorset Council area will have their say in the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner elections, some town and parish council by-elections and some neighbourhood plan referendums. (more…)
On Thursday 25 March, Councillors on Dorset Council’s Place and Resources Scrutiny Committee will look at the latest version of the Climate & Ecological Emergency Strategy and Action Plan, as well as the findings from the recent public consultation.
On Tuesday 16 March, officers from Dorset Council’s Waste Enforcement Team carried out an operation targeting untaxed vehicles in the Lynch Lane area of Weymouth that were reported as abandoned by members of the public.
National survey reveals that more than one million UK nappy users are putting them in their recycling bin.
March marks the start of the ground-nesting bird season and as the pressure from visitors to our open spaces has increased during lockdown, so has the pressure on the creatures that live in them.
