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Dorset Council's Festival of the Future returns for the third year running. Pictured is the festival team.

Festival to showcase Dorset’s innovation and digital future

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

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Wherever you are in Dorset a Digital Champion is waiting to help you on the other end of the Dorset Digital Hotline. Pictured: Digital Champion Mike Watson at Maiden Castle.

Digital champions return to face-to-face advice sessions

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

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Digital Hotline volunteers ‘do their byte’ to get couple to friends’ 70th birthday party video celebrations.

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.

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