Care leavers in Dorset will not have to pay council tax until they are 25.
Dorset Council’s Cabinet has agreed that young people who have spent time in foster or residential care will be exempt from paying council tax until the age of 25 if they live alone or given...
ESFA admits to redacting information about Aspirations Academy for fear of ‘damaging public confidence…’
Dorset Council are now voicing their own concerns.
Dorset Council’s second letter requesting that the Secretary of State agree to a delay in the forced academisation process of Budmouth College in Weymouth was made public this week.
Rt Hon...
“I always knew I wanted to work in a museum, so being an apprentice at Shire Hall is great!”
Nathanial Green, 19, is an apprentice at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum. This Apprentice Week (4-8 March,) he said it’s important to look at the skills apprenticeships give young people.
Nathanial studied...
Research reveals that what we spend has now overtaken what we earn for the first time in 30 years – and we’re turning to second jobs – side hustles - to make extra cash.
As austerity takes hold, the UK is working even harder to make ends meet and the...
Police are warning young people in the Poole and Purbeck areas over the dangers of misusing the drug Xanax.
Xanax, the brand name for the drug alprazolam, is a benzodiazepine – a controlled medicate used in some parts of the world to treat anxiety. It is not available in the...
25 Dorset young carers have been taken to see War Horse at Southampton’s Mayflower as a reward for their hard work and for some down time from their often demanding responsibilities.
There are currently 117 young carers in the county being supported by the Dorset Young Carers Service.
Over the past year, the...
Volunteers are needed to help Dorset County Council’s trading standards run test purchasing exercises.
Some products are age restricted to buy, such as cigarettes and alcohol. Trading standards are responsible for making sure retailers know all about these laws and do not sell these products to people under the legal age. One...
Dorset Police is calling on the support of knitting enthusiasts across the county to create teddy bears for children in distress.
The teddies will be carried in patrol cars and used to comfort young children who are distressed or experiencing a traumatic event.
Police Constable Conroy, of Dorset Police, said: “Sadly...
The school prom season is approaching so if you are hiring transport, please remember to check it is properly licensed.
Any vehicles advertised for hire with a driver should be appropriately licensed with the local authority from where they operate or the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
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My name is Lucy Watkinson. I am a mental health nurse and a mindfulness teacher. I run my own therapy business and teach mindfulness in schools. I would like to report on a recent 10 week mindfulness course I am about to finish with a local secondary school. Prior...
