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Celebrations for #DigitalDorset

22/10/2020Digital Team No Comments

Dorset Council is celebrating after being announced as the winner of the Digital Skills Award at the Connected Britain Awards. The award was given for the work going on across the county to help everyone in Dorset make the most of the digital tools available to them and make sure Dorset becomes a truly digital place. Cllr Peter Wharf, Portfolio Holder for Corporate Development and Change, said: ‘We have a vision for Digital Dorset. The council… Read more Celebrations for #DigitalDorset

Festival of the Future – Free three day virtual event for Dorset

24/09/2020Digital Team No Comments

Robots growing fields of wheat, the tiger who came to tea and virtual yoga: these are just some of the exciting sessions on offer for free at the upcoming Festival of the Future from 13 October. This brand-new virtual event combines fun and learning and helps us share the great things that are happening in Dorset. Think Bestival or Glastonbury, but with more tea, future-gazing and LinkedIn profiles.   Cllr Peter Wharf, Portfolio Holder for Corporate Development and Change, said: ‘Some people might think digital isn’t… Read more Festival of the Future – Free three day virtual event for Dorset

Dorset Reloaded – cows, satellites and Covid19

28/07/2020Digital Team No Comments

Our most recent Digital Network event was memorable for two things: the first virtual network was the biggest yet, but the REMO software enabled us to herd our 92 attendees with ease, our vision for Dorset in the future included the powerful image of cows that text. The network has developed considerably since we started… Read more Dorset Reloaded – cows, satellites and Covid19

Changing Dorset? It certainly has.

15/05/2020Digital Team 3 Comments

Two months ago we completed Changing Dorset, the second Digital Dorset podcast about digital skills. We had no idea, back then, how much Dorset was about to change or how vital digital skills would be to people’s ability to cope with lockdown. In the past eight weeks, all our lives have changed completely. At the… Read more Changing Dorset? It certainly has.

5Go mad in Dorset

12/05/2020Digital Team No Comments

Dorset . . . cream teas, Enid Blyton, fossils and not one inch of motorway. That’s the image you have in mind, right? Sure, rural Dorset is a historic and incredibly beautiful place to live, work and visit. But who says a stunning landscape has to mean rubbish connectivity? We are leading a Government-backed £6.7… Read more 5Go mad in Dorset

Viral videos, online lessons and interviews via camper van

04/04/2020Digital Team 1 Comment

What an incredibly strange few weeks it’s been . . . not least on the digital front. My mischievous cat Uhtred became an internet sensation. Apparently his standard trick of jumping into a cardboard box warrants almost a million views on LADbible – strange times. My youngest daughter recorded that footage and posted it on… Read more Viral videos, online lessons and interviews via camper van

Yay! We made it through our first year of home schooling! Wait – what do you mean it’s only been a week?

30/03/2020Digital Team No Comments

I’ve always had the deepest respect for teachers and teaching assistants – big shout out to Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Pitfeld at Bridport Primary School – but really, you guys, wow! Dorset schools are taking different approaches to supporting children’s learning at home during school closure. My nine-year old’s school has gone digital for those… Read more Yay! We made it through our first year of home schooling! Wait – what do you mean it’s only been a week?

A geek’s guide to self-isolation

26/03/2020Digital Team No Comments

Website manager Laura Hall is a Gen-Xer whose main coping skill is putting the tech down and doing something else: baking, gardening, painting. Here she tells us what tech – and what other things – are getting her through self-isolation. There is a long-standing myth that we webby computer nerds never go outside and now… Read more A geek’s guide to self-isolation

Performance Licence Service

24/02/2020Digital Team No Comments

Just in time for panto season Dorset Council launched a re-designed Performance Licence Service. Oh no we didn’t, oh yes we did! Pantomimes, fashion shoots, film productions and TV shows, anything that involves a child in a performing capacity requires a licence issued by the Local Authority. The application for the licence requires both the… Read more Performance Licence Service

Dorset’s £4.3 million to boost rural mobile connectivity

20/02/2020Digital Team No Comments

Today is a big day for improved mobile connectivity in rural Dorset. We’re really excited to announce that our recent 5G RuralDorset consortium’s bid to the Government’s Rural Connected Communities Competition has been successful. We’d especially like to thank all the organisations who supported our bid including the RNLI, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and… Read more Dorset’s £4.3 million to boost rural mobile connectivity