With 13 million people struggling to get online through a lack of digital skills and a further 12 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. This Christmas we are asking you to #GiveTheGiftOfDigtal and you don’t… Read more Give the gift of digital this Christmas
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Dorset Council’s Volunteer Digital Champion service. We are running a series of articles and videos to celebrate this milestone. In this article, we meet the volunteers and learners at the very special Sturminster Newton Learning Centre. Tucked away in Sturminster Newton’s community building The Exchange is a room… Read more Getting people excited about digital in Sturminster Newton
All this month we are celebrating five years of Dorset Council signing the Local Digital Declaration. The Declaration is a shared ambition for the future of local public services. It was written in 2018 by a collective of 45 local authorities, sector bodies and government departments – including Dorset Council – and outlines our goals… Read more Championing digital skills will help Dorset Council improve customer service
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
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
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
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?
Not so good with gadgets? Does the ‘D’ word and your smartphone or computer hinder your life rather than help it… You aren’t alone. In Dorset at least eight per cent of the population are not online at all and many more struggle with digital technology daily. Meet Mandy Greenwood from Shaftesbury who went from… Read more Shaftesbury’s gadget gurus help Mandy get digitally savvy
If you think everyone must be online by now, think again. Lots of people aren’t confident using the internet and are becoming increasingly excluded as the world we live in becomes more digital. Superfast Dorset’s Digital Champion volunteers are working hard to change that in our county . . . and their support has now… Read more Kudos for Dorset’s Digital Champions
