Introduction: When you think of Dorset what springs to mind? Rolling hills, farms, a stunning coastline, Thomas Hardy and a haven for tourists perhaps? With no motorways, no cities and an, on average, older population, the chances are Dorset and digital are not two words you would naturally put together. But you would be wrong…… Read more Celebrating Dorset’s innovative future – #FutureFest21
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and here at Digital Dorset, we are very proud to have our very own apprentice digital community manager, Mia Green. Mia, 18, was studying Media at Brockenhurst College when she realised a future in higher education wasn’t for her. In this blog, Mia, from Wimborne, explains why an apprenticeship was the… Read more Young apprentice Mia is helping make a real difference to digital inclusion in Dorset
More and more essential services are now accessed online but here in Dorset we have around 150,000 people who lack essential digital skills, struggling to do even the simplest tasks online. If you work with our residents then we need your help to help them. That’s where our Embedded Digital Champion training programme comes in.… Read more Become an embedded digital champion and help our residents get online
Did you know that nearly a third of all Dorset Council residents are digitally excluded in some way? This could be because people cannot afford broadband or devices, poor internet speeds or a lack of digital skills. Here at Digital Dorset we know just how important being able to get online is. The pandemic highlighted… Read more From getting online to improving your technical skills – Digital Dorset is here to help
Our volunteer Digital Champions are back in libraries and community centres across Dorset, giving face-to-face support to people who need tech advice. The sessions have to be booked in advance and are carried out in a Covid-secure environment. Meanwhile our Digital Hotline – 01305 221048 – is still very much operational for people who cannot… Read more Face to face or on the hotline – our Digital Champions are ready to help
After 18 months like no other, Dorset Council’s volunteer Digital Champions were at long last able to get together in person to share their experiences of the past year and a half. For the first time since all Digital Champion services were moved from libraries to the Digital Hotline in March 2020, our brilliant volunteers… Read more Championing the achievements of our digital champs
It had been years since Martin Pipe was last in a job centre and when he stepped through those doors again, little did he know that his life was about to change forever. Martin’s life was just starting to turn a corner after years of living with addiction. One of his first steps to recovery… Read more How Martin was Bourne again thanks to digital
Nestled in the far western corner of Dorset is the stunning Marshwood Vale – made up of rolling hills and villages and hamlets scattered among the valleys. To the outside world it looks like the place where time had stood still. But beneath the idyllic rural scenes are residents and businesses very much of the… Read more Connecting the Vale – when state subsidy brought fast broadband to Dorset’s most rural corner
After more than a year where most people have worked from home it looks like the working landscape has changed for good. While some people begin the return to the office others are deciding that working from home is here to stay. There will also be many people hoping to combine both. And, of course,… Read more Riding the technical highway: Hybrid working in action
Our Digital Champions are back in libraries and community centres giving face-to-face support to people who need tech advice. Sessions are underway at Sturminster Newton Learning Centre on Mondays (9.30am-12.30pm) and Wednesdays (9.30am to mid-afternoon), at Yarn Barn Centre in Beaminster (Wednesday mornings) and in the following libraries: Dorchester (Thursday afternoons), Gillingham (Saturday mornings), Weymouth… Read more Face to face or on the hotline – our Digital Champions are ready to help
