Citizens Advice Purbeck requires an Energy Affordability Adviser to join our dynamic organisation. The Keep Warm for Less Project will be based at our Wareham Office, funded for two years by The Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund. 22.5 hours a week, salary £24313 pro rata.
Healthwatch Dorset are the county's independent health and care champion. They are seeking a Volunteer Officer for 30 hours a week, salary £20705 pro rata. Closing date 28th April 2019.
Healthwatch Dorset are the county's independent health and care champion. They are seeking a Team Administrator for 25 hours a week (over 5 days), salary £17500 pro rata. Closing date 28th April 2019.
Age Concern Ferndown and District helps many elderly people with a vital weekly lunch club. Sadly advancing years can herald a lack of social interaction and regular contact with friends and neighbours. Age Concern Ferndown and District bridges a gap that exists for these often lonely individuals.
Nicki is the Programme Assistant and also the marketing and communications lead for 'Inspire Dorset', the Building Better Opportunities programme.
Providing coaching, advice and guidance support for enterprise development and self-employment (as part of 'Inspire Dorset', the Building Better Opportunities programme) across the Dorset County area.
Providing coaching, advice and guidance support for enterprise development and self-employment (as part of 'Inspire Dorset' the Building Better Opportunities programme) across the Dorset County area.
Providing coaching, advice and guidance support for enterprise development and self-employment (as part of 'Inspire Dorset', the Building Better Opportunities programme) across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and East Dorset.
Nicky was raised in Dorset before studying Institutional Management and moving into sales, corporate business development, personal development training, marketing, and communications. She now owns Media Box Marketing and is co-founder of The Marketing Menu Consultancy a marketing training company. As well as this she has set up and sold a mail order limited company and chaired a local national award winning children's charity.
Gerry Stoker is Centenary Research Professor at the University of Canberra, Australia and a Professor at the University of Southampton, UK. He has published over 25 books and over a hundred articles in journal and chapters in edited books.
Derek followed a 20 year career as an officer in the Royal Signals, serving in a variety of command, technical and staff appointments in the UK and overseas. In 1988 he moved into the Defence Communications Industry and worked on a number of communications equipment and system support contracts for UK MoD and latterly as the UK company project manager for the Austrian and Swiss national defence networks. He retired from the industry in 2010.
Pauline is currently County Councillor for Blackmore Vale Division in North Dorset and also a District and Town Councillor within that rural area. She brings 18 years experience as a local councillor and 35 years in the criminal justice system, with offenders, their families and children.
Nick worked for most of his professional life in the voluntary sector, until his retirement in 2011. For the last twenty years he was Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Sheffield (DCA's counterpart in Sheffield) and served for 6 years as a Trustee of the National Association for Voluntary & Community Action.
Would you like to get on the right track and make your group or project more robust and sustainable? Would you like to make better funding applications? Would you like to develop your networks and build new relationships, promote your services, and share information and news?
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We have been successful in securing funding from the BIG Lottery's Building Better Opportunities programme (Supporting Enterprise). The programme will be funded by the European Social Fund and National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund.
Dorset Community Action (DCA) is a registered charity that provides business support, training, and consultancy services for the Voluntary, Community, & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector in Dorset. Whether you are a small community group, or a larger charity we can help you meet the challenges of operating in a dynamic sector, and better meet the needs of the people and communities you support.
Do you want to spend less time in learning new topics? Want to take your skills and knowledge to the next level? Then DCA's flexible training programme is designed for you.
We can advertise your project, events or jobs and publish your articles on our VSCE networks.
Want to meet other local groups? Want to find out local VCSE sector news? Want to promote your group to the wider VCSE sector? Then book a place at your next local DCA Networking Event, or come to our next Conference, Working Group or AGM.