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Dorset communities are being given a greater opportunity to shape the decisions, services and support that affect their daily lives through a new programme of Community Conversations involving community organisations.
From Tuesday 21st July until Tuesday 4th August, Durlston Country Park will be hosting an exploration of colour through Shelley Perry’s ‘Colour and Coast’ exhibition, in their Fine Foundation Gallery. Painting with her hands, local artist Shelley creates Dorset coastal scenes alongside colour studies inviting viewers to consider colour as both subject and landscape. The exhibition will be open daily from 10.30am – 4.30pm and is free to enter.
Dorset Council is celebrating today (14 July) after receiving a Green Flag Award at various sites.
The Public Relations sector contributes £409 million to the South West economy and supports 7,294 full-time equivalent jobs across the region, according to a new report launched today by the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA).
One year after 244 turtle doves were released across Devon and Somerset as part of a conservation programme led by Rewilding Coombeshead, birds have now returned to all three release sites after completing their migration to sub-Saharan Africa and back
On July 8, the Royal College of Paramedics, the professional body for paramedics and the ambulance profession in the UK will come together with more than 160 global paramedic associations, higher education institutions and affiliated organisations to highlight the different ways paramedics are advancing practice - from improving patient care and embracing digital technologies, to demonstrating organisational, service and clinical integration.
Westerleigh Group’s crematoria are inviting anyone who is missing a father or father figure, including parents bereaved of a child, to visit to honour their loved ones for Father’s Day.
Thousands of trees and hedgerows planted on a former field in Blandford are already taking root, creating new habitats and supporting wildlife as work continues to construct a modern waste management facility for North Dorset.
More than 100 people from across Dorset businesses, including Dorset Council, came together this week to explore how they can play a bigger role in helping young people prepare for work, as national changes reshape how work experience is delivered in schools.
Two Government announcements have provided a welcome boost to the growing innovation and defence ecosystem in Dorset.
Dorset Council is set to commit £6.2 million of developer contribution funding to help secure the long term future of The Cobb in Lyme Regis, one of the county’s most iconic and historic landmarks.
Dorset Council has recently signed the national Fraud and Scams Victim Charter which sets out clear standards for how organisations should support anyone affected.
Communities across Dorset have come together for this year’s Great Dorset Beach Clean, delivering the most successful event to date. A total of 21 beach cleans took place across the county, demonstrating growing public support for protecting Dorset’s coastline.
Dorset History Centre has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for its ‘Past Lives, Future Proofed’ project.
A new report capturing the ideas and lived experience of local people on how Dorset can prepare for a changing climate has been published.
