Stay Local Shop Local Thousands of pounds of free advertising for the business community is being made available in a dynamic new partnership between the Dorset Echo and Dorset Council.
A highly experienced team of digital volunteers from the Dorset Digital Hotline have been praised for the way they helped a ‘shielding’ couple connect with loved ones and the outside world during the COVID lockdown. The big ‘thank you’ from Wareham residents Arthur and Daniel Brown marks this year’s #LetsTalkLoneliness Week (15-19 June 2020). The… Read more Digital Hotline volunteers ‘do their byte’ to get couple to friends’ 70th birthday party video celebrations.
A new coastal partnership has been established between BCP Council and Dorset Council. The Dorset Coastal Engineering Partnership will provide an effective and co-ordinated approach in the delivery of schemes to help protect residents and communities from coastal flooding and erosion.
This week is Shared Lives week, and we would like to say thank you to all of our wonderful carers who are changing lives from their own homes.
Following government guidelines, on Monday 15 June many of Dorset’s shops will be re-opening for business, and they need your support.
Dorset Council has today (11 June) reached a milestone at having paid out more than £100 million to just over 8000 small businesses in the county.
Dorset Council and bus operators had suspended the normal conditions for holders of an older persons’ or disabled persons’ bus pass in March, so that people were able to get to supermarkets that were opening early for the elderly and those ‘at risk’ of catching the coronavirus.
The current COVID 19 crisis has seen almost 250 Dorset Council employees take up temporary new roles to support frontline services.
Since starting back on site on 27 April, after a pause amidst the outbreak of COVID-19, work along Le Neubourg Way, Gillingham, has progressed well.
The picturesque Blackhill, near Bere Regis has once again been damaged by the creation of trails and jumps for cyclists.
PA Consulting to deliver care technology services on behalf of Dorset Council helping meet the social care needs of residents during the coronavirus crisis and in the long-term.
Dorset Council’s Climate Change and Ecological Emergency Executive Advisory Panel (EAP) members virtually met last Friday (5 June) to discuss the progress of the Council’s Climate Change strategy and action plan.
During the lockdown, work has been progressing on the Roman Town House in Dorchester.
Carers Week is an annual national event and is about recognising and valuing unpaid carers.
Representatives from Dorset Council, Dorset Police, Lulworth Estate and South West Ambulance Trust met this morning (Friday 5 June) to agree a joined up approach to the management of visitor numbers to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door ahead of the weekend.
Dispensation is to be sought for councillors who may be unable to attend Dorset Council meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic period.
Dorset residents are being asked to highlight congested walking and cycling routes to help shape ‘pop-up’ travel infrastructure in the Dorset Council area.
Work on the harbour wall that was suspended due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has been completed with the addition of safety handrails.
Dorset Council and key partners in the community response to COVID-19 are working to make sure ‘shielding’ and vulnerable residents can get help to continue to live independently in their homes.
Night work in Swanage is transforming the new wider pavements.
Schools and childcare providers across Dorset are now welcoming back more children.
Groundhog day and TV appearances? Latest blog by Amanda one of our brilliant foster carers.
Statement from the Leader of Dorset Council, Cllr Spencer Flower:
A list of decisions made by Dorset Council as part of its COVID-19 emergency response has been published for review.
Businesses that were not eligible for Government funding through previous COVID related financial support schemes are being invited to apply for business support funding through the discretionary grant fund, from today (Monday 1 June) until the closing date on 14 June.
Dorset Council will be able to carry out more resurfacing and reconstruction work on its roads this year, thanks to a £9.1m injection from the Department for Transport (DfT).
Dorset Council is drafting a new policy looking at how people access social housing in the area.
Dorset Council is pleased to announce that Sherborne Household Recycling Centre (HRC, or “the tip”) on West Mill Lane will be re-opening on Tuesday 2 June.
Following the Government announcement on 1 May about a top up grant for businesses that are not eligible for other grants, the guidance to local authorities was issued on 13 May. We are now preparing a local scheme for Dorset which will be available shortly. The guidance from Government indicates that these grants are primarily… Read more More help for businesses is on its way
Dorset’s highway fixers are back in action and now producing fifteen per cent less emissions!
