Digital Hotline

The Digital Champions and Dorset Council's Routes 2 Inclusion team meet for the first time in person since the Covid lockdowns

Championing the achievements of our digital champs

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

What is Digital Dorset?

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?

Dorset Digital Hotline

Rising to the challenges of the Covid pandemic – how Dorset Council helped people get online

When the first lockdown pulled down the shutters on all public-facing services on 23 March 2020 an urgent, and a digital, response was needed. It soon became clear that digital was going to the be solution for most people and services: Public meetings became Zoom meetings; family gatherings were replaced with Facetime; the clinically vulnerable… Read more Rising to the challenges of the Covid pandemic – how Dorset Council helped people get online

Digital Champion Andy Taylor who recently helped reconnect a woman with her family via Zoom

A huge thank you to our Digital Champions

Our brilliant volunteer Digital Champions are helping to make a huge difference to people’s lives. One champion, Andy Taylor, recently helped reconnect a woman with her family via Zoom. And this was the feedback we received from the lady’s NHS Link Worker, Vicky Russell: “I have a patient with mental health issues who has been… Read more A huge thank you to our Digital Champions