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Improving Water Quality in Dorset Rivers

A vitally important topic for many of you we know. Litter Free Dorset will be working with partners on reducing litter and improving water quality in rivers between 2025-30.

Dorset Council and BCP Council will be pblishing to their newsfeeds updates on the weather warnings from the Met Office. Check websites, social media posts to get the latest news for your communities.

READ: Dorset Council Newsfeed

Shaftesbury Town Council are delighted to announce that its Town Clerk, Brie Logan has been named a 'Clerk of the Year' finalist for the National Association of Local Councils' (NALC) Star Council Awards 2023.

To DAPTC members near to the AONB: Consultation - I am pleased to present the draft Cranborne Chase AONB Nature Recovery Plan (NRP) for consultation. The document is available as a PDF (attached), and as a StoryMap.

Message from PCC David Sidwick: This week is Business Crime Awareness week, and I would like to take the opportunity to remind you of the work that is happening, often ‘behind the scenes’, to tackle business crime in your community.

Update from Emily Berry our contact at Utility Aid: I am excited to write to you all about a new offering we have working in partnership with Raw Charging. We have decided to set up a partnership with RAW as they are trusted by some big names including National Trust, Merlin and McArthur Glen Outlets.

The 2023 DAPTC AGM information for member councils has been published. member council clerks can circulate and review the information. The date is Saturday 18 November at 10am via Zoom

We want to alert Parish and Town Councils to the fact that Ash Dieback is not the death sentence at first thought and many trees can recover and continue to grow healthily.

Nominations are now open!

Just a reminder to our National Assembly members as well as clerks and councillors who would like to get involved in NALC governance, we launched our elections back in August and the deadline for submitting nominations is fast approaching!

Larger councils’ committee
Together with councillors from National assembly, the following seats are available for candidates interested in direct election to this committee:

• Eight directly elected councillor seats from larger councils.
• Four directly elected non-voting clerks from larger councils.

It's important that parish and town councils maintain a sense of perspective and humour and that's clearly on display at Blandford Forum Town Council!

Thanks to Town Clerk, Linda Scott-Giles for sharing this great image of the full council and Mayor letting off steam. Let us know if your council has any images away from the meeting room or council chamber.