A team of our digital experts and social workers joined forces with the government to look at how digital innovation could help transform adult social care. At the heart of this work, which saw us work with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), was asking our residents and carers how the service could… Read more How digital and understanding people’s needs could help transform adult social care
With 10 million people struggling to get online through a lack of digital skills and a further eight million considering giving up their broadband or mobile data because of the cost-of-living crisis * – never has giving the gift of digital been so important. We are launching a Christmas campaign called #GiveTheGiftOfDigtal and you don’t… Read more Give the gift of digital this Christmas
Dorset Council and its residents are to play an important role in informing how adult social care will be provided in the future. The council was selected to work with the Department of Health and Social Care on a unique partnership to examine how our residents are referred into adult social care and how their… Read more Dorset Council is helping to lead the way to improving adult social care
A new digital initiative to help Dorset’s landlords make their homes more energy efficient has received national recognition. The Dorset Council ‘Minimum Energy Efficiency Savings’ project is a finalist in the Granicus 2022 Digital Public Sector Awards in the ‘new initiative’ category. To find out why, read our case study below. Unlocking the key to… Read more Opening the doors to digital is helping Dorset residents live in more energy efficient homes
For residents in Dorset, Blandford Library is more than just a place to loan books. For many, Blandford library is a community hub and a place to connect. In 2021 the library was upgraded to a gigabit-capable network, making buffering screens a thing of the past. Before gigabit broadband systems in the library were slow,… Read more Connecting libraries to next generation broadband benefits the whole community
Digital Dorset has received more national recognition after being shortlisted in the prestigious Connected Britain Awards in the Smart Place category. From helping thousands of Dorset’s digitally excluded residents get online to ground-breaking innovation projects, our work is fast becoming a blueprint for rural areas of the UK and beyond. Here’s how Dorset Council, and… Read more Digital Dorset shortlisted in national awards
We continue to transform our customer experience, more recently through the development of our website and content management system (CMS). Working in delivery phases, at the moment the platform is divided into three focussed areas: Website – Content Management System (CMS) Customer Account and Contact Management (CCM) E forms and workflow – enabling services to… Read more Introducing a new pricing model
The county’s first-ever live and interactive coding day for school children will be held on 15th September, as part of national coding week. The event will inspire children about the potential of coding for their increasingly digital futures. Coding is a great skill for future employment opportunities; it develops problem-solving techniques and encourages creativity and… Read more Dorset’s first dedicated coding day for school children to be held this autumn
In November 2020, as lockdown pressures continued to bear hard on people, here at Digital Dorset we wanted to help some of the communities that were suffering the most – those with the poorest broadband. The Covid pandemic meant we were far more reliant on the internet for working, home schooling, accessing important services like… Read more From strangers to good neighbours – how poor broadband brought a community together
How gigabit capable broadband can ensure the future of our village halls For generations, village halls have been the beating heart of communities up and down the country - they were the centres where friendships were made, and society came together. And even to this day, their important role in village life cannot be underestimated.… Read more Connecting a village’s heart
