We're hiring...
 
Project Coordinator & Public Engagement Specialist
Part time – 24 hours per week, £25 per hour for an initial contract of 18 months.
 
DorsetCAN is a network of community groups and individuals working together for a
shared vision of a clean, green, sustainable Dorset. We are seeking somebody with
a passion for community action on climate change and a drive to make things happen! Somebody with experience of:
managing projects and associated budgets,
organising and delivering public engagement events and activities
and working with volunteers.
 
Application deadline: 14th July 2022.

See the job description
To apply: please send a letter and CV to Colin Tracy or Jenny Morisetti at dorsetcan@gmail.com

****NEWS UPDATE*** With Portland Town Council the latest council to formally support the Dorset Deserves Better campaign, the DDB Alliance is now up to 64 organisations including 23 Town and Parish Councils representing over 109,000 residents of Dorset.

DorsetCAN (Dorset Climate Action Network) is a network of community groups and individuals working together for a shared vision of a clean, green, sustainable Dorset.

Dorset (really) CAN in 2022

After all the high hopes for COP26 last year, the consensus of experts and commentators is that it did nothing like enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. (The latest IPCC Report, released in March 2022, draws on thousands of academic studies and concludes that climate change is already causing “dangerous and widespread disruption” to the natural world, as well as to billions of people. Failure to curb pollution from fossil fuels and other human activities, it says, will condemn the world to a future that is both universally dangerous and deeply unequal.)

That means we can expect dire consequences - not only for people whose lives, homes and livelihoods are immediately at risk but for all of us who are threatened by mass migration, economic disruption, food and crop shortages as well as extreme weather events in the future. It's also very bad news for those other species that are going extinct increasingly rapidly. 

Dorset CAN works to inform,  help and encourage families, businesses and individuals across the county to 'do their bit' to reduce their carbon footprint and minimise our contribution to the climate and nature crisis. We also work to engage with and encourage Dorset Council and BCP Council to 'do their bit' to make this happen.

Find out about our current campaigns, events across Dorset, Action Teams, recent newsletters, updates, ideas, case studies, examples and contacts. But, above all, please join us - it's free and you don't have to take an active part. The more members we have, the louder our voice is and the more we can achieve. Stronger together!

Read the invitation to become a Member (there's no fee).
We're raising money to pay a co-ordinator to help us increase our membership and handle that day-to-day administration of DorsetCAN. Our £14,000 goal will pay a skilled co-ordinator a part-time salary for one year.

If you can make a contribution, it will help us build our network and get our voice heard. Thank you!
​Quick guide to DorsetCAN

*  JOIN  DorsetCAN as a member (it's free!)

*  JOIN our Dorset Deserves Better Campaign

Key Forthcoming Events
(see calendar below for more)​​​
  • Dorset CAN Energy Team meeting Tues 12th July. 7.00-9.00pm. Two speakers will join us to talk about retrofit. Sandra Hayes, Director of Development at the National Energy Foundation will discuss the SuperHomes programme; Stuart Mills, Project Officer at the Winchester Area SuperHomes, will talk about this amazing community based initiative. This event is free. Contact Ralph Watts for details.​ ​​​

Energy Security and Net Zero in Dorset: Exploring the opportunities & challenges

​Thurs 14th July 7-8.30pm. Zoom Register here. With an amazing line-up of speakers: 
  • Chris Goodhall, Author of Carbon Commentary and the acclaimed book  'What we need to do now'.  International speaker on decarbonisation.
  • Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Professor of Climate and Resource Security at UCL
  • Ralph Watts, formerly of UKAEA, Winfrith,  Ontario Hydro, Kinectrics Inc and AEA Technology Battery Systems
Register here. ​
Calendar from 21st June​​   ​
  • Diversity across the Purbeck Heaths Landscape / Prejudice Free Dorset, Studland Knoll Beach Cafe. Weds 29th June 6-9pm. Collaboration Workshop.
 
  • Dorset CAN Energy Team meeting Tues 12th July. 7.00-9.00pm. Two speakers will join us to talk about retrofit. Sandra Hayes, Director of Development at the National Energy Foundation will discuss the SuperHomes programme; Stuart Mills, Project Officer at the Winchester Area SuperHomes, will talk about this amazing community based initiative. This event is free. Contact Ralph Watts for details.​ 
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  • Chris Goodhall, Author of Carbon Commentary and the critically acclaimed book  'What we need to do now'. International speaker on decarbonisation.
  • Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Professor of Climate and Resource Security at UCL
  • Ralph Watts, formerly of UKAEA, Winfrith,  Ontario Hydro, Kinectrics Inc and AEA Technology Battery Systems

​​Help needed:
  • Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show - 17th August need volunteer helpers on the stall. If you can help, email dorsetcan@gmail.com
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  • Melplash Show. 25th August – DCAN and Transition Town Bridport are sharing a stall and need volunteer helpers on the stall. If you can help, email dorsetcan@gmail.com
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Image credits

Like the photos? All the header images on this website were taken and kindly supplied by Colin Tracy: see more of his work here 
 DorsetCAN Policy Documents