After securing additional funding, Dorset Council residents under the age of 16 can access free swimming from 25th July to the 4th of September in some of the leisure centres across the county. Cllr Andrew Parry, Portfolio Holder for Children, Education and Early Help said: ‘We are delighted to have the opportunity to provide… Read more Free swimming for children and young people this summer holiday
Annual dredging works are set to take place in West Bay and Lyme Regis during May and June 2022.
Over the summer children and young people took part in a variety of exciting, unique, and enriching activities, such as: paddle-boarding across our stunning coastline woodwork in the one of our beautiful forests team sports such as cricket, basketball, and football raft building with a team of friends so many more fantastic experiences All this… Read more Summer in Dorset – Giving children a summer holiday to remember
Dorset Council is helping children and young people to enjoy a happy and healthy summer, with a programme of exciting things to do and nutritious meals. Summer in Dorset is an initiative designed to bring high-quality, accessible and affordable holiday activities to families in Dorset. Find out more A big part of Summer in… Read more Summer in Dorset – Come join the fun!
Emergency services in Dorset have met to discuss resilience issues in the county and are working together to ensure a safe level of service is maintained across the weekend.
Children and young people will be getting stuck in over this year’s summer holidays with a council initiative that hopes to bring lots of excitement to Dorset. Dorset Council is working with local schools, voluntary organisations and activity providers to develop an exciting programme of activities that will be taking place across Dorset over the… Read more A summer of fresh air, food and fun
The following letter has been sent to Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Minister of State at the Department for Transport (DfT), regarding recently-announced reduced rail services and planned engineering works that will impact visitors to the Dorset coast this summer.
In order to tackle some of the more anti-social behaviours seen across the county last summer, Dorset Council has announced robust plans to help manage visitors this coming summer season.
