Well that’s what I feel like at the moment with hopefully less of the ‘old’. My eldest (number 1) has been back from uni for several months thanks to the pandemic. My nest is therefore jam packed with all eight kids decidedly bored with all this Covid business.
Dozens of adults in the Bournemouth area have been ‘Bourne again’ thanks to a life-changing digital training course. The Bourne Digital course was part of a pioneering national programme called Power Up, run by the Good Things Foundation charity and funded by JP Morgan. Locally, the project loaned devices and provided 12 weeks of training… Read more Bourne again – digital transforms people’s lives
Journeys made on foot, by bike and scooter during Sustrans Big Pedal event could have created 1,600kg of CO2 and 31kg of NOx if pupil’s journeys to school had been made in cars. The walking and cycling charity Sustrans’ Big Pedal event saw over 4,900 children take part in Dorset between 19-30 April.
More than 65 new laptops have been provided to Dorset Council care leavers over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Councillors from Weymouth Town Council who have been in discussions have agreed that by the end of June 2022 they will have examined whether a future ferry service from Weymouth harbour will be viable or not.
Dorset Council is working closely with Public Health Dorset and all schools to safely manage any Coronavirus cases that occur. All schools, colleges and education settings are following Dorset Council, Department for Education and Public Health guidance. Risk assessments have been carried out and hygiene measures are in place. Plans have been prepared to make… Read more Update on schools – Managing Coronavirus
Dorset Council and local parishes are calling for more national action to ensure the county’s most rural areas do not get left behind in the digital age. The authorities were responding to the government’s ‘call for evidence’ on how ‘very hard to reach’ areas cannot access good broadband. Although 96% of Dorset can get superfast… Read more Dorset calls for more government action to bring better broadband to remote rural areas
Dorset Council is working closely with Public Health Dorset and all schools to safely manage any Coronavirus cases that occur. All schools, colleges and education settings are following Dorset Council, Department for Education and Public Health guidance. Risk assessments have been carried out and hygiene measures are in place. Plans have been prepared to make… Read more Update on schools – Managing Coronavirus
Members of the Cabinet will discuss Dorset Council’s response to Covid-19 and progress made against targets in its Council Plan when they meet next Tuesday (22 June).
A residential home for children with complex learning difficulties and disabilities has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted inspectors.
Michael Tomlinson, the Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole, paid a visit last week to the sustainable transport improvement works currently being carried out on Leigh Road and Wimborne Road West. The visit was at the invitation of Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment, Cllr Ray Bryan.
Today is Dorset Day – an opportunity for us to shine a light on the people, places and natural environment that make our county so special.
Dorset’s partner agencies are continuing to work together to keep people safe during what is expected to be one of the busiest springs and summers on record.
Following a successful Arts Council England application by Dorset Council, interviews were held last week in which two Bristol based artists – Alec Stevens and Jo Kimber were appointed. Jo is a Creative Producer and talented writer and Alec is a skilled illustrator and sculptor.
A briefing session for families and young people has been held to discuss plans to create more specialist education provision for Dorset.
Businesses and employers across Dorset are invited to take part in a free 90-minute event designed to introduce SEND in the workplace.
Could you open your door to a vulnerable child or young person? Someone who wasn’t lucky enough to have had a safe and stable home life.
There has been much discussion on the future of the Brewers Quay building in Weymouth since the owner fell into administration. This statement provides an update on Dorset Council’s position with regard to Brewers Quay.
When profoundly Deaf Bridport resident John Phillips received a free smartphone from Dorset Council, he had no idea just how much it would transform his life. The 76-year-old received the gift on Christmas Eve, as part of the council’s drive to help digitally connect people in need during lockdown. By then John, whose only method… Read more Smartphone gift saves John from a lonely lockdown
Cllr Tony Ferrari, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, is seeking suggestions for local infrastructure projects in Weymouth and Portland which could be included as part of a bid for the Government’s ‘Levelling Up’ fund. The bid will be submitted jointly by Dorset Council and Richard Drax MP in June, with support from Weymouth… Read more Suggestions welcomed for Levelling Up funding bid for Weymouth and Portland
Dozens of community buildings across rural north Dorset are to be connected to next generation, gigabit-capable broadband thanks to a Getting Building Fund allocation from Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Now 60 community sites from Blandford to Sherborne; including schools, community centres, a health centre, council depots, farms and adult social care residential homes; will… Read more Community buildings to receive gigabit broadband thanks to investment from Dorset LEP and Dorset Council
The Great South West Tourism Partnership has received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism at a virtual ceremony, held yesterday, 22 April.
Easter, a time of new-born lambs, fighting the urge to break the diet and hoping the kids come down from the ceiling after the massive post sugar rush of chocolate eggs.
Ambitious plans to create a new special school for around 280 pupils and a leading national centre of excellence, near Shaftesbury, will be decided later this month.
Today (Friday 16 April), parents across the county are finding out which primary, first junior or middle school their child will be going to in September 2021.
Local people and community groups have given their views on the future of the former St Mary’s school site near Shaftesbury.
Dorset Council and its partners are pleased to be welcoming visitors back this Easter to the Roman Town House in Dorchester. The project has been made possible by money raised by National Lottery players and has received £248,000 grant funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project focuses on delivering a range of improvements… Read more The Roman Town House open to visitors this Easter
Ambitious plans to improve the lives of Dorset children with SEND (special educational needs and or a disability) and reduce future costs have been unveiled.
Political and business leaders have welcomed news that rural Dorset will be among the first areas in the country to benefit from the government’s new £5bn gigabit broadband fund. It follows months of behind-the-scenes lobbying for better broadband in Dorset, led by West Dorset MP Chris Loder and Dorset Council’s deputy leader, Cllr Peter Wharf.… Read more Dorset one of the first areas to benefit from £5bn broadband fund
We want to hear from young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their parents and carers.
