Following from a successful open Q&A session on the COVID community response on the 15th May, Cllr. Laura Miller would like to invite Dorset community groups to attend a second live interactive webinar which will focus around recovery for the voluntary community sector on Wednesday 17th June 6-7pm.
The loose agenda of the meeting will be:
- A short introduction from Dorset Council
- Presentation on the State of the Sector survey by Paula Bennetts
- Presentation from Jon Sloper, Paula Bennetts and Marie Waterman on local community offer
- Discussion from the Q&A
You will be able to type your questions into the chat bar and we’ll respond to these, facilitated by a member of staff
Any questions we can’t answer on the day, we’ll take a note of and get back to you on.
Lastly, we will discuss whether you would like to have further opportunities for these discussions and possible themes for these.
The members of the panel will be:
Cllr. Laura Miller – Lead Councillor for the COVID-19 Community Response
Laura Cornette – Volunteer Support subgroup lead
Diana Balsom – Strategic Commissioning Manager Adults services
Marie Waterman – Manager – Volunteer Centre Dorset
Paula Bennetts – Operations Manager – Dorset Community Action
Jon Sloper – Director – Help and Kindness
The meeting will be run via Microsoft Teams meetings so you will need access to this to be able to join. To book on the event, please reply to laura.cornette@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk and she will send you an invitation to join the meeting.
This meeting will focus on voluntary community sector recovery and we will only be able to answer questions relating to this. If your question is regarding other Council topics please contact the council in your usual means.
Everyone at Dorset Council would like to sincerely thank our local community groups for the incredible local response to COVID-19 over the last 12 weeks, we are truly proud of how our communities have come together to support each other.