Celebrating Trusted Reviewers: Community led transformation
By Sam Bingham, CAN Development Manager
Chill Dorset Charity Volunteers Celebrated at Wellness Event
Family-run Bridge Health & Wellbeing in Christchurch, Dorset, was delighted to host volunteers from local charity Chill Dorset for a free...
From One Great Cause to Hundreds: My First 100 Days
By Kate Parker, CAN Deputy Chief Executive
Building capacity, shifting power, shaping place
By Karen Loftus, CAN Chief Executive
Human-Centred Leadership: Moving from fixing to feeling
By Natasha Senior, CAN VCS Development Lead
Choosing a legal structure – why and how?
Dorset Goes Wild started with a simple, brilliant idea: getting local families back into nature. The community response was immediate and massive,...
Coproduction only works when it’s real: Our sector makes that possible
By Sam Bingham, CAN Development Manager
Guest blog: Rebuilding Lives for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Dorset
By Emma Lee, ICN Director of Operations
NHS 10-Year Plan: Why communities are key to a fit future
The NHS has an ambitious 10-year strategy, ‘Fit for the Future’, setting out how health and care in England must change to meet rising demand,...
UK Town of Culture – a message to community groups
by Jack Blankley, Community Development Manager, BCP Council
How local charities can power prevention
By Karen Loftus, CAN Chief Executive
Connection in Action at Thrive 2026
By Andrea Holloway, CAN Community Connector
Winter round-up of DVCSA activity
By Adam Martel (he/him), Business & Communications Officer, Dorset VCSA


















