Last year we shared the news we had received funding to help us become a more modern and resilient council. We have been involved in the Future Council pilot and five nationally funded projects: Planning – making it easier for the public to engage with the planning process. Planning – reducing invalid planning applications Adult… Read more Future councils update – spotlight on digital services
Last year we shared the news we had received funding to help us become a more modern and resilient council. We have been involved in the Future Council pilot and five nationally funded projects: Planning – making it easier for the public to engage with the planning process. Planning – reducing invalid planning applications Adult… Read more Future Council update – spotlight on adult social care
Last year we shared the news we had received funding to help us become a more modern and resilient council. We have been involved in the Future Council pilot and five nationally funded projects: Planning – making it easier for the public to engage with the planning process. Planning – reducing invalid planning applications Adult… Read more Future Council update – spotlight on planning
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’re organising ten events in five locations across five days, involving almost 50 speakers and 100 participants and streaming them live over You Tube to an audience of hundreds, if not thousands, of people online. Why are we doing this? It’s complex, scary and – most bizarre of all – no-one has asked us to… Read more We’re not TV producers but… by Penny Syddall (Programme Manager for Skills and Adoption)
It’s been a jam-packed few months for Digital Dorset since the beginning of April when we last told you what we’d been doing. ‘Digital Dorset’ reflects what we do in the county to help make people’s lives easier through the use of technology and information or data. It’s about delivering great services that are designed… Read more Digital Dorset update – April to June 2021
Data, data, data. Everyone is always talking about how we collect, consume and display data. But what does any of that actually mean? Data is everywhere. Social media influencers, football teams, farmers all use data in a variety of different ways and the list doesn’t stop there. Join us on Wednesday 21 July at our… Read more Data, Data everywhere… Join us for our 9th network event
Train4Tomorrow is inviting local employers to host a table at their virtual jobs fair where they’ll have the chance to meet learners who have invested in their skills and successfully completed a government funded 12 week intensive digital bootcamp. Students have trained in one of the following areas: • DIGITAL INSIGHTS with Exeter College •… Read more Calling employers who want to recruit digital skills!
You might have seen news items recently celebrating the achievements of Digital Dorset after benefiting from not one, but two major government announcements in a week. ‘Digital Dorset’ reflects the activity in the county to help improve people’s lives by using new and emerging technologies that are designed around their needs. It is about how we use… Read more What is Digital Dorset?
How do you bring the next-generation connectivity needed to create jobs, foster innovation and support communities to one of the UK’s most beautiful rural locations with a UNESCO-designated world heritage coastline? That’s the challenge faced by Dorset Council, which is leading a consortium of local, national and international partners delivering the £7 million 5G RuralDorset… Read more Dorset Council – bringing the future to the Jurassic Coast
