The Great Dorset Steam Fair have given the Parish Council a 50% discount code that the first 260 applicants who apply for tickets online can use, the following rules apply.
Applicant must be a Stourpaine Resident Maximum of 2 tickets per household
The discount code is: STOUR2022 and should be used at the discount code area at the checkout section on the site. Once the allotted number of tickets have been sold the code will become invalid and inaccessible as the allocation cap would have been reached.
If British Summer Time and warmer days means you will be visiting one of Dorset & Wiltshire’s local heathlands or outdoors spaces to enjoy the wildlife and wilderness, please take a picnic.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) are encouraging residents and visitors to take a picnic and not BBQ. Warmer and breezy weather increases the risk of accidental or deliberate fires in our open spaces. A wildfire can move at speeds faster than an Olympic sprinter, so we are asking people who are out and about to follow some simple steps:
If you are enjoying our open spaces when a fire occurs, get to a safe place and call 999 with as much information as possible.
Consider downloading and using What3Words to identify your exact location.
You can also help by reporting any antisocial behaviour on the heath to the Police on 101.
During 2021, DWFRS dealt with 494 fires in the open. In 2022, we have already seen large wildfires in Dorset & Wiltshire and firefighters across the UK have dealt with more wildfires between January and May than in the whole of 2021 (243 compared to 237 in 2021).
Area Manager Marc House, Head of Prevention at DWFRS said: “As we move into the summer, with longer daylight hours and warmer weather, understandably more people want to get out and use Dorset & Wiltshire’s natural environments. There is a trend that the number of deliberately set fires and fires caused by BBQs and bonfires in these open spaces, increases.
He added: “I cannot stress enough how important it is to take extra care when enjoying our beautiful open and forestry areas. If you are a smoker, please extinguish them fully before disposing of them responsibly – never ever just throw them away lit, similar to throwing them out from car windows – the result could be 50 or 100 firefighters tackling the subsequent blaze.”
Anyone caught starting a fire on a heath will be prosecuted whether it is a case of deliberate arson or neglect, for example an unauthorised camp fire or a disposable BBQ that gets out of control. Wildfires cost lives not only to endangered plants and animals but also put people and houses in danger.
We need your help to protect our countryside. Please #BringAPicnicNotABBQ
Blandford Community Hospital is running a walk-in for Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday and Sunday, 18/19 June 2022. Please check if there are other dates arranged.
If I do not hear from you by the 8 June 2022 the council will proceed to make a recommendation. Our decision will be published on our website.
Yours sincerely Amy Gould Planning Technical Support Officer – Northern Team
Application No: P/FUL/2022/02944 Location: Land at Bottom Road Stourpaine Blandford DT11 8TF Proposal: Erection of 9no. dwellings with garages & parking. Form vehicular access & carry out highway works Case Officer: To be allocated, please check the website for an update.
Worried about your child’s educational progress? Get in touch for advice and support
In October last year we launched the Dorset Education Advice Line – an advice line for parents and carers who are worried their child might not be making the progress they should be, or who may believe their child might have emerging special educational needs.
To date, we’ve spoken with approximately 60 Dorset families, talking to them about their worries and concerns, and making sure they get the right help, at the right time.
Cllr Andrew Parry, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills and Early Help said:
“The Education Advice Line will help to ensure that families and professionals work together at the earliest opportunity to engage in early identification and universal support for families in Dorset.
“If you are concerned about your child’s academic progress, or social and emotional development, then please do get in touch. Our Special Educational Needs Family Workers are here to listen, offer advice and can talk through your concerns with you.”
Get in touch
You can book a 15 minute appointment with one of our SEND Family Workers by using our online form, this is the quickest way to contact us.
If you aren’t able to do so, contact us and someone can make this booking for you over the phone. Call freephone 0800 14 040 41.
A free training programme has been launched to recruit an army of special advisors who can help Dorset’s digitally excluded residents get online.
A team from Dorset adult education centre, Skills & Learning Centre, were among the first to complete Dorset Council’s new Embedded Digital Champion training programme.
Open to any organisation in Dorset which works directly with residents, the new programme will train people who can champion online services to their users and customers.
Any organisation that would like to find out more about the embedded digital champion training and course dates available, can email edc@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk or watch a new short film featuring embedded digital champion #DigitalNorma, just search for Digital Norma on YouTube.
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