To mark the second week of #FosterCareFortnight, we are hearing from another of Dorset’s fantastic foster carers. Tanya, who lives with her partner Richard in Ferndown, shares what made them decide to foster with Dorset Council and the advice they’d give to others who are considering it.
A Sherborne woman who was stopped with over 300 items of counterfeit clothing in her van has been prosecuted and sentenced.
A recently published progress report has revealed how well Dorset Council is performing in its efforts to tackle the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE).
In a bid to support residents with rising living costs, Dorset Council has awarded £90K from the Government’s 2021 Household Support Fund to various food schemes over the last five months.
Dorset Councillors have approved eight new Public Spaces Protection Orders for 2022. The new orders will replace the existing orders for West Dorset and Weymouth & Portland.
A company has pleaded guilty to misleading a Dorset couple into urgently buying roofing work at an excessive price.
International Nurses Day is held each year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. It is a Global celebration that acknowledges and celebrates the commitment and bravery of nurses around the world. Each year, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) prepares and distributes the International Nurses’ Day kit, containing valuable educational and public information… Read more Celebrating International Nurses Day
Dorset Council has noticed an increase in damage being caused to its trees by some people across the county, including in Weymouth, Corfe Mullen, Alderholt and Sturminster Marshall.
Coombe House School, Shaftesbury will open for children with special educational needs on Monday 16 May.
2022 sees the return of our Operation Heathland Campaign run by the Urban Heaths Partnership (UHP), a drive to ask all visitors to our heaths and forests to help us protect them. This year we have celebrity support and are asking everyone to create and share their own photos and videos clips across social media,… Read more Operation Heathland Campaign
To mark the start of #FosterCareFortnight we are shining a light on our fantastic fostering community, to hear what made them decide to foster with Dorset Council and the advice they’d give to others who are considering it.
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Annual dredging works are set to take place in West Bay and Lyme Regis during May and June 2022.
Members of Dorset Council’s Harbour Service team have been formally recognised by Dorset Police for their work in reducing crime.
Dorset Council will be working with local partners and contractors on the urgent placement of rock protection around the southernmost point of the Chesil Cove Seawall at Chiswell in Portland during May 2022.
Families in the Weymouth and Portland area of Dorset will benefit from a pilot project, Safeguarding Families Together, which will improve the health and education outcomes for children and support the aim of making Dorset the best place to be a child.
Residents with a disability will receive more support to get into work and expand their horizons with a new partnership between the council and national disability employment specialists, Pluss. People with a learning or physical disability, autism or mental health needs, will receive bespoke support to search for, secure and retain employment. The assistance ranges… Read more Residents with a disability to be supported into work
In October 2021, Dorset Council launched an 11-week public consultation to inform how they develop and deliver the library service in the future.
Parents and carers in the Dorset Council area will find out today (19 April) which reception, junior or middle school their children will be joining in September 2022.
Dorset Council is delighted to share that we have a workable plan to keep Redlands Community Sports Hub in Weymouth open – which includes all the buildings.
As preparations gather pace and street parties are being planned across the county to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee for the special four-day bank holiday weekend (Thursday 2 June until Sunday 5 June), Dorset Council is reminding residents that the deadline for applications for temporary road closures is fast approaching.
In October last year we launched the Dorset Education Advice Line – an advice line for parents and carers who are worried their child might not be making the progress they should be, or who may believe their child might have emerging special educational needs.
Newly installed solar panels at two of Dorset Council’s waste depots are already producing over 200,000 kWh of renewable energy each year and providing most of each building’s power needs.
The second round of Dorset Council’s community and culture project awarded £66,094 to 18 local arts and sports organisations in March 2022.
We are transferring the planning information for the former Dorset County Council into the new Dorset Council planning platform. This is the final sixth phase to move all former district, borough, and county planning systems into one.
People in Lyme Regis and Charmouth have cast their votes and the results are in following the by-election yesterday (7 April).
Dorset Council and Litter Free Dorset will once again be encouraging residents and visitors to celebrate Dorset’s roadside verges as havens for biodiversity and wildlife with the ‘Love Your Verge’ campaign.
As part of the council’s proposals for redevelopment of the former Weymouth Bowl site in St Nicholas St, an archaeological dig is due to take place later this month. Dorset Council acquired the leasehold interest in the former Weymouth Bowl site in January this year and has commissioned archaeology specialists Context One Heritage & Archaeology,… Read more Former Weymouth Bowl site to be explored for archaeological remains
Making the difference We are excited to announce a range of opportunities to join our Organisational Development Service here at Dorset Council. We are celebrating our third birthday – over those three years we’ve changed significantly, both in terms of the service coming together and adapting our ways of working to deliver our services in… Read more Come and make a difference as part of our Organisational Development Service
Local people of Lyme Regis and Charmouth will go to the polls on Thursday 7 April 2022 to elect a new councillor for Dorset Council.
