Dorset Council’s Executive Advisory Panel for Climate Change recently hosted two Inquiry Day sessions where organisations and members of the public were invited to present their ideas for how the Council can help tackle climate change.
Next week Dorset Council will be vacuum excavating around a low voltage eletricity cable in Gillingham, before pushing it into a new trench.
A joint bid by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) and Dorset Council, has been awarded £79 million by the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund (TCF).
We thought it would be useful to pull together a list of upcoming College and University Open Days in the Dorset area: Bournemouth University – Undergraduate open day Wednesday 8th April, 12:00 – 17:00 Open Days are your opportunity to find out more about our courses and get a feel for what life is like… Read more Upcoming Uni and College Open Days
Do you know of someone in your local community who deserves community recognition? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Dorset Council’s Cabinet today approved plans to build a new residential care home, contact centre, activity space and residential accommodation for children and young people in the county.
Free creative activities are on offer to vulnerable people in Dorset as part of a pilot scheme.
A resident from Dorchester has benefited from free digital sessions on how to change suppliers online and has managed to save over £450 a year on energy bills with the first switch. Barbara Scanlon went online at Dorchester library under the guidance of her local volunteer Digital Champion Mike Watson. She visited a price comparison website… Read more Digital Champion’s bright idea helps Barbara switch and save
A local community is just one step away from having approved neighbourhood plans for their area.
We are urgently seeking a ‘digitally savvy, people person’ with up to four hours a week free to join our Bourne Digital project team as a volunteer Digital Champion. This vital role will help underemployed and unemployed people in Bournemouth gain the digital skills they need to get into training or enter the workplace. Digital… Read more Could you be our Bournemouth Digital Champion?
Dorset Council is drafting a new policy looking at how people access social housing in the area.
Young people across Dorset will find out today (2/3) which school they will be joining in September.
Dorset Council and Network Rail are celebrating after winning over £1.1m in special government funding to improve road safety in Weymouth by removing the rail tracks from the old Weymouth Harbour Branch Line.
Two local communities are just one step away from having approved neighbourhood plans for their area.
Dorset Council has successfully prosecuted a man for fly-tipping offences.
Dorset Council’s micro-surfacing programme will get underway next week following its postponement last autumn due to bad weather.
Council tax contributions for Dorset Council will increase by just under 4% to help fund the rising cost of adult social care and children’s services, protecting the most vulnerable people in society.
These are the questions formally submitted by both the public and councillors at Tuesday’s Full Council meeting for February 2020, and the answers given. Questions submitted for Public Participation Period Question – submitted by Paul N Tomlinson, Chairman of the former Dorset, Poole & Bournemouth Local Access Forum Local access forums “Section 94 of the… Read more Full Council meeting: 18 February 2020 – Questions and answers
Today, Friday 21 February, is #CareDay20. A global celebration of Children and Young People with care experience.
The spring edition of our residents’ magazine, Dorset Council News, will be landing on your doormat this March.
This is our first Foster in Dorset blog but we thought this was a great way to let you know about what we have been up to and what’s coming up.
A bid led by Dorset Council has been awarded £4.335m to help understand how rural communities could benefit from next generation mobile connectivity.
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Councillors approved Dorset Council’s budget and agreed our priorities for 2020/21 at last night’s Full Council meeting (18 Feb). They decided to increase council tax by just under 4% to help fund the rising cost of adult social care and children’s services, protecting the most vulnerable people in society. The increase also protects ‘discretionary’ services… Read more Dorset Council sets its budget and priorities for 2020/21
Dorset Council has been awarded nearly £500,000 of government funding to help tackle rough sleeping in the county.
A further amount of just under £1m has been secured to help tackle domestic abuse across Dorset and Hampshire. This follows a similar award to the area in 2018.
Dorset Council’s Durlston Country Park in Swanage has scooped bronze in the South West Tourism Awards in the ‘Accessible and Inclusive Tourism’ category.
A consultation to help shape community safety priorities in the Dorset Council area is online now.
Dorset Council has invited people to present their ideas on how they think the Council can help tackle climate change.
