Digital champions ready to help
If you’re feeling a bit lost in this new digital-only world, help is on hand from the Dorset Digital Hotline.
Digital Champion’s bright idea helps Barbara switch and save
A resident from Dorchester has benefited from free digital sessions on how to change suppliers online and has managed to save over £450 a year on energy bills with the first switch. Barbara Scanlon went online at Dorchester library under the guidance of her local volunteer Digital Champion Mike Watson. She visited a price comparison website… Read more Digital Champion’s bright idea helps Barbara switch and save
Could you be our Bournemouth Digital Champion?
We are urgently seeking a ‘digitally savvy, people person’ with up to four hours a week free to join our Bourne Digital project team as a volunteer Digital Champion. This vital role will help underemployed and unemployed people in Bournemouth gain the digital skills they need to get into training or enter the workplace. Digital… Read more Could you be our Bournemouth Digital Champion?
Dorset’s £4.3 million to boost rural mobile connectivity
A bid led by Dorset Council has been awarded £4.335m to help understand how rural communities could benefit from next generation mobile connectivity.
Homes and businesses better off thanks to the Better Broadband Scheme
A government broadband scheme set up to provide a faster broadband service helped to make over 600 connections benefiting Dorset businesses and residents. The national Better Broadband Voucher Scheme was created by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in December 2015 as a solution for those located in some of the hardest… Read more Homes and businesses better off thanks to the Better Broadband Scheme
Get help to claim Universal credit where credit is due
A specially trained ‘digital dozen’ team of volunteers are ready to help you claim Universal Credit and manage your claims online. The volunteers are part of a group of over 75 Digital Champions who help and support people in the local community to use the internet and gain online skills. Around 21% of people are… Read more Get help to claim Universal credit where credit is due
Dorset Digital Champion and cyber security expert releases new book to help protect you from crime
A useful guide to help people take steps to protect themselves from cyber and identity crime is released this month from the British Computer Society. The guide has been co-written and edited by Andy Taylor, a volunteer Digital Champion with Dorset Council who also works full time as an independent information security adviser following a… Read more Dorset Digital Champion and cyber security expert releases new book to help protect you from crime
Superfast broadband switch helps RNLI Swanage save lives at sea
Superfast Dorset is urging more businesses to check if they can get superfast or full fibre broadband to help them improve their overall performance and customer service. More than 97 per cent of homes and businesses can now get superfast broadband and 60 per cent connected through the programme have taken a service. These faster,… Read more Superfast broadband switch helps RNLI Swanage save lives at sea
Picture This! Rita puts her new digital skills at the great-grandkids’ fingertips
Anyone wanting to improve their digital skills to stay in touch with friends and family can book for free, one to one help ahead of Christmas. Dorset Council has a network of 75 volunteers who run free, one-to-one computer help sessions in libraries and other venues across the county. They can help with everything from… Read more Picture This! Rita puts her new digital skills at the great-grandkids’ fingertips
Summon a Digital Champion and get online for Halloween
Don’t be spooked by digital technology this Halloween. If you are struggling to use the computer, tablet or smart phone to look up ‘what’s on’ over half term and Halloween there‘s help at hand.
Costs reduced by digitally savvy residents
Residents who confirmed their voter details online, by phone or text have helped Dorset Council reduce costs.
Help to store and share your holiday snaps
Dorset’s Digital Champions are ready to help you store and share those photos taken on your summer holidays.
Health concerns surrounding 5G
Public Health England takes the lead on health matters relating to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (radio waves) and 5G. PHE’s advice is informed by the work of expert bodies such as the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO has been undertaking an extensive review of the evidence for health effects arising from exposures to radio… Read more Health concerns surrounding 5G
New volunteers swell Digital Champions’ ranks
Four new recruits have joined Superfast Dorset’s army of Digital Champions.
Get faster WiFi and save money
Up to half of homes and businesses in Bridport and West Bay could get faster broadband and save hundreds of pounds a year at the same time.
Gaze into the future of a digital Dorset
Dorset businesses are being invited to gaze into the future of a digital Dorset at an event on 14 June 2019.
Superfast broadband . . . it’s the Norm in Dorset
A friendly new face is showing people in Dorset how easy it is to get better broadband.
National first as child work permits go digital
Dorset Council issues the licences needed by businesses wishing to employ people aged 13 to 16. The council recently became the first in the country to replace its paper-based Child Work Permit process with a slick digital system.
