Bridport residents and businesses can find out how digital technology can change their lives for the better at a special event next month. Dorset Council’s annual Festival of the Future will be in the town on 13 October to highlight the latest full fibre roll out plans in the area, the help available to get… Read more Bridport residents and businesses invited to discover the benefits of digital
Your next text message might be from our housing service with an important update, after the introduction of the new way to communicate.
A five-day festival will be staged at locations across Dorset next month to showcase the county’s exciting digital future. Dorset Council’s Festival of the Future is back for the third year running and it will be a hybrid event where people can attend in person or take part virtually. Held from 10-14 October, #FutureFest22 will… Read more Festival to showcase Dorset’s innovation and digital future
A new film shows how a research project funded by central government and industry has benefited people in Dorset. Read more here
Fourteen Dorset libraries have begun an exciting new chapter after benefiting from some of the country’s fastest internet speeds. Thanks to £200,000 of government funding, these libraries – from Ferndown in the east to Bridport in the west, and from Swanage in the south to Blandford in the north – now have the fastest possible… Read more Exciting new chapter for libraries as they upgrade to gigabit-capable broadband
A five-day festival will be staged at locations across Dorset next month to showcase the county’s exciting digital future. Dorset Council’s Festival of the Future is back – and this time it’s a truly hybrid event where people can attend in person or take part virtually. Held from 4-8 October, #FutureFest21 will highlight the innovation… Read more Festival to showcase Dorset’s digital future
Dorset residents can once again get face-to-face advice on any digital queries such as setting up and using devices including phones, tablets and PCs. Digital champions have started to return to Dorset libraries to help people who are struggling to get online. Meanwhile the Digital Hotline will keep running to help people who can’t get… Read more Digital champions return to face-to-face advice sessions
Minister for Digital Infrastructure, Matt Warman today announced a new relationship with wireless technology company Qualcomm Technologies Inc., working with the DCMS 5G Test-beds and Trials Programme.
Help getting online and a useful guide to home learning resources is available for Dorset families.
Hundreds of people across the south west benefited from over sixty presentations on digital technology at the recent three-day Festival of the Future which took place on line. And many more are still catching up on the wealth of information available as most of the sessions are available on the Digital Dorset YouTube channel. The… Read more Dorset’s Festival of the Future is hailed a success
A new group has come together to support Dorset’s vision to make the county a Digital Place and be at the front of digital change. The Digital Place programme board will support the team at Dorset Council in its work to use emerging and new digital technologies to help create vibrant, safe, healthy and prosperous… Read more New group will help Dorset be digital pioneer
A team of dedicated volunteers is on hand to help hundreds of Dorset residents stay connected during lockdown. Dorset Council’s Digital Champions, who used to hold regular surgeries in libraries, have continued offering their expertise throughout the Coronavirus crisis via the Digital Hotline. Now with another lockdown underway and winter just around the corner, the… Read more Stay better connected during lockdown with Dorset’s Digital Hotline
5G RuralDorset last week visited communications technology partner Excelerate at its Cardiff HQ to catch up on progress with this exciting Government-funded project.
A digital project to help schools quickly alert the council when children are missing out on full time education has been shortlisted for two national awards. The ‘Supporting children and young people to access education’ project is in the running for the Digital Leaders 100 Awards in the Digital Public Service Innovation of the Year… Read more Children’s Services shortlisted for two national digital awards
A team who has delivered nearly 3,000 learning tutorials and created a series of countywide digital networking events over the past year has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. The digital team at Dorset Council are one of the finalists in the ‘Digital Public Service Innovation of the Year’ category of the Digital Leaders… Read more Trailblazing digital team in line for a top national award
A Government broadband scheme set up to provide a faster broadband service has helped over 230 Dorset homes and businesses since it launched in 2019 and now Dorset Council is investing £1 million so that it can reach up to 1,000 more. The £200m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) has been helping to provide gigabit-capable… Read more Homes and businesses better off thanks to the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme
Dorset Council is delighted to announce we have no less than three finalists in the prestigious Digital Leaders 100 Awards 2020, reflecting our successful approach to building our digital future. The awards celebrate individuals and organisations from the private, public and non-profit sector who demonstrate a pioneering approach to digital transformation in the UK. Sam… Read more We’ve been shortlisted for three top national digital awards – vote for Dorset !
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.
If you’re feeling a bit lost in this new digital-only world, help is on hand from the Dorset Digital Hotline.
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 bid led by Dorset Council has been awarded £4.335m to help understand how rural communities could benefit from next generation mobile connectivity.
A government broadband scheme set up to provide a faster broadband service helped to make over 600 connections benefiting Dorset businesses and residents. The national Better Broadband Voucher Scheme was created by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in December 2015 as a solution for those located in some of the hardest… Read more Homes and businesses better off thanks to the Better Broadband Scheme
A specially trained ‘digital dozen’ team of volunteers are ready to help you claim Universal Credit and manage your claims online. The volunteers are part of a group of over 75 Digital Champions who help and support people in the local community to use the internet and gain online skills. Around 21% of people are… Read more Get help to claim Universal credit where credit is due
A useful guide to help people take steps to protect themselves from cyber and identity crime is released this month from the British Computer Society. The guide has been co-written and edited by Andy Taylor, a volunteer Digital Champion with Dorset Council who also works full time as an independent information security adviser following a… Read more Dorset Digital Champion and cyber security expert releases new book to help protect you from crime
Dorset’s Digital Champions are ready to help you store and share those photos taken on your summer holidays.
Four new recruits have joined Superfast Dorset’s army of Digital Champions.
Dorset businesses are being invited to gaze into the future of a digital Dorset at an event on 14 June 2019.
Dorset Council issues the licences needed by businesses wishing to employ people aged 13 to 16. The council recently became the first in the country to replace its paper-based Child Work Permit process with a slick digital system.
