Dorset Council was selected last year by the Government to be one of only three pathfinder organisations to design major reforms to children's services, from family help to the edge of care, and to make sure these changes work well for families. This programme is...
Our Stakeholder Conversation – Dementia and Memory Loss
More than 80 people from across the voluntary and community sector attended the inaugural Stakeholder Conversation in Dorchester recently, marking the relaunch of Dorset Council's Stakeholder Advisory Group. The Conversation on Dementia and Memory Loss represents the...
Updates and news from Dorset’s Voluntary and Community Sector Assembly Dorset VCSA
Today, Dorset's Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Assembly website is fully launched. It sets out the what, where, why, and how of the Assembly's operations and purposes. It also tells you who is involved and what work is being done and planned. The Assembly has...
Volunteering For Health Grant Application Unsuccessful
Today we received some disappointing news about the joint tender we made for the Volunteering For Health fund with Dorset ICB and many other partners. The message reads: Dear Hannah Volunteering for Health: Dorset Volunteering for Health Partnership , ref: 0021559900...
Volunteering for Health and developing a joint bid for Dorset
In mid January, NHS Dorset contacted the Assembly to discuss the opportunity for us to work together on a collective bid for a new NHS England grant and partnership programme called Volunteering For Health. I met with NHS Dorset to discuss how the VCS (Voluntary and...