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Small Charity Week from 18th to the 23rd June is all about celebrating small charities and all that they do. The week has an inspiring programme of how to big up your small charity and promote the amazing work they do.
Stepping into nature with Wellbeing Walks

Stepping into Nature provide sensory activities in the Dorset landscape for older people, those living with dementia, and their partners or carers. Wellbeing walks are held at Knoll Beach every Wednesday. Click to find out more details.
Psychiatric liaison services review in Dorset

The NHS need your views and experiences of using and providing psychiatric liaison services in Dorset and are asking people to complete their short survey.
ICO's GDPR update

The creation of the DPA 2018 is not an end point, it’s just the beginning, in the same way that preparations for the GDPR didn’t end on 25 May. Read more from the ICO's latest newsletter.

What we do

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?
Dorset’s Best Village Competition 2018
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Make your funding application 'Pitch Perfect', 26th June 2018

Christchurch Borough Council and The Dorset Funders Forum are pleased to provide the opportunity for local organisations that support children and Young People to present their project ‘idea’ to a panel of funders including BBC Children in Need, Big Lottery, Talbot Village Trust and Dorset Community Foundation. This event will also provide the opportunity to obtain advice and information on developing a good application and the support available locally to get your great idea funded.
Funding opportunities

Finding the right funders for your project or service maximises your chance of obtaining funding. DCA's comprehensive funder information makes it easy to search (at no charge) for current open grant funds.
Room availability @ CLaRC

Click here to see availability of all the rooms @ CLaRC
Pitch your funding application

DCA are offering groups and organisations that work with children and young people the chance to present their project idea to a panel of funders including BBC Children In Need and Big Lottery. You will also get the opportunity for advice and information to develop a good application and the support available locally to get your great idea funded.
Building Better Opportunities (BBO)

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 Big Lottery and European Social Fund.
Who we help

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.
Got a great idea?

Have a great community enterprise idea and want to know where to get started? Want something a bit more practical than standard on-line ‘business support’? Don’t know which legal structure you should adopt? DCA has a great track record in supporting groups to become more enterprising, and self-sustaining, by developing the skills and knowledge needed to make organisations successful in the long term. Through our services you will....