Yesterday marked the culmination of eight fairly intense weeks as we submitted our bid to the Rural Connected Communities competition. Here’s a summary of the proposal that our consortium of local, national and multi-national partners, which we have called 5G RuralDorset, has put forward to Government. Summary We will address the cost and design challenges… Read more Rural Dorset seeks funds for 5G testbeds
We are really excited to be part of the first Social Care Digital Innovation Accelerator project, working in collaboration to develop a digital solution that responds to the new Liberty Protection Safeguards legislation. What do we mean by Liberty Protection Safeguards? The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, come under the Mental Capacity Act. They currently apply… Read more Social Care Digital Innovation Accelerator
Not so good with gadgets? Does the ‘D’ word and your smartphone or computer hinder your life rather than help it… You aren’t alone. In Dorset at least eight per cent of the population are not online at all and many more struggle with digital technology daily. Meet Mandy Greenwood from Shaftesbury who went from… Read more Shaftesbury’s gadget gurus help Mandy get digitally savvy
The last five weeks has been something of a whirlwind as we prepare our bid to the Government’s Rural Connected Communities competition. We are working hard to bring together a group of local, national and multi-national partners to show there are better and cheaper ways to offer the mobile connectivity that rural communities across the… Read more Poor connectivity costing our county dear
We have started our first large digital piece of work as Dorset Council looking at the Planning Service. Our immediate challenge is how we converge the six legacy district and county council planning services, who have different processes and systems. We want to use the opportunity to design a future service that meets the needs… Read more Transforming Planning Services
