Dorset Council will propose to stop funding their last three Tourist Information Centres (TICs) in Dorchester, Sherborne and Wareham that it currently runs, and investigate alternative ways of providing these services in the future.
Dorset Council has agreed to increase its budget for financial year 2021-22 to just under £313m (from £304m the year before).
Every year, hundreds of children need foster carers in Dorset while they can’t live with their own families. Could you open your home be one of our highly valued foster carers?
Dorset Council is highlighting the problem of long-term empty properties during Empty Homes Week, 15 – 21 February 2021.
The latest round of Additional Restrictions Grants (ARG Phase 2) covering the current lockdown period opened to new applicants on Friday 12 February.
Small Robot Company, Wessex Internet, Telint and Dorset Council partner to deliver step-change in rural connectivity and agricultural productivity Read more on the 5G RuralDorset website
The consultation for the Dorset Local Plan is halfway through, but there’s still plenty of time to have your say. The consultation closes on 15 March.
Dorset Council understands there are concerns about the future of St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School in Wimborne. The future of the school is not Dorset Council’s decision but we are on hand to support families and understand their concerns.
Dorset Police is joining forces with partner agencies in the county to ask the public to stay local and explore from their door this February half term rather than travel to Dorset.
A project to digitally connect some of the county’s most clinically vulnerable residents during lockdown is being trialled in Dorset. Dorset Council has teamed up with social day care providers to issue digital devices to 30 residents, to enable them to take part in virtual one-to-ones with carers and attend online day centre activities. If… Read more Digitally connecting Dorset’s most vulnerable residents during lockdown
Throughout this current lockdown period Dorset Council and Dorset Police are working together on training Police dogs by using space made available by the council at the old Wimborne First School.
Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, Dorset Council is proceeding with several exciting projects, works and proposals in Weymouth throughout 2021.
This week marks an extremely sad occasion in Dorset as the county passes the milestone of 1,000 Covid-19-related deaths.
Dorset Council are delighted to announce that allotments on land next to Pinemoor Close in Weymouth are almost ready for public use.
Dorset Council is asking local people and community groups for their views on the future of the former St Mary’s school site near Shaftesbury, which the council purchased last month.
Dorset Council has been successful in securing £306,713 in funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and managed by Public Health England. It is one of just four local authority areas in the south west to receive funding through this programme, and… Read more Funding to help with drug and alcohol misuse
The Dorset Council wide Dog related Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) came into force on the 1 January 2021. During the first month Dorset Council focused on advice and guidance to dog-owners explaining the new rules.
Owners and residents of Dorset’s park home sites are being asked to give their views on a draft policy for how Dorset Council sets park home licence fees.
The deadline to apply for help with the costs of utility bills like gas, electric and water this winter is 12 February.
Dorset Council is working with the care sector across the county to support them in keeping residents and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic
One of two Mortality Support Facilities (MSF) will be activated this week as part of Dorset’s ongoing response to the current Covid-19 emergency.
The last 12 months have been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought communities together like never before and prompted many people to take stock and think about making changes to their lives, including looking at a new career.
Wednesday 27 January marks Holocaust Memorial Day. It is the day we remember the millions of people who died during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution, and in the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Held every year, it falls on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where more… Read more Holocaust Memorial Day – a time for remembrance and reflection
Work to refresh High Street in Gillingham will be starting next week.
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage and maintain vital infrastructure.
Households across Dorset will soon be asked to take part in the 2021 Census.
Dorset Council has unveiled ambitious ideas to transform the St Mary’s site near Shaftesbury potentially providing better educational opportunities for Dorset children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Cultural organisations across Dorset will benefit from funding support thanks to Dorset Council.
Business support grants are being automatically paid by Dorset Council to qualifying businesses.
Track removal along most of Custom House Quay is now complete and work is moving back into Commercial Road.
