Feeding Dorset Partnership - Preparing a collective bid for the National Lottery

Reflecting in Dorset Life on the move to community health within the NHS Ten Year Plan - Jon presents some of the challenges to making this change in Dorset

Dorchester Annual Town Council Meeting Friday 8th May 11.00am - 1.00pm, all welcome!

Frothy fireworks of crab apple blossom soaring into a blue spring sky. #TinyJoys

Swanage Community Rallying Support for Café at Focus Centre. "We are asking the local community to help us get over the line"

Help UWE to shape Fatigue Support. Contribute to a discussion group for people with long term conditions and fatigue.

#TinyJoys A beautiful duckling paddling hard to keep up with her mum, a female Mallard, on the beautiful River Frome in Dorchester.

Dorset CAN - Please support our Earth Raise campaign this April!

Creating a National Lottery Climate Action Fund Food Systems Bid for Dorset: Feeding Dorset Partnership Development Update

The Soil Association launch of the Landmatch England service.

20th April 2026 at 6pm. Caring for you in an Emergency. From 999 call to the Emergency Department - what happens on your care journey? Open event looking at emergency care in Dorset.

We welcome Kate Calvert to our Help and Kindness team this Spring. Working together to support neighbourhood health and wellbeing through our services to residents and support providers in Dorset.

Team changes and service updates at Help and Kindness this Spring

Baking a beautiful lemon cake to celebrate my wife's and our daughter's birthday tomorrow. #TinyJoys

Recruiting Nature Based Solutions Team Assistant at Dorset Wildlife Trust - closing date 29th April 2026

Artz+ Sportz+ May Half Term Programme Now Out!

The constancy of change. Change arrives daily – often overwhelming, sometimes hopeful – and when it does, being heard can make all the difference, says Jon Sloper

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The pealing of bells on #Easter Sunday resonating across the years, linking memories of bells heard ringing at other times and in other places; markers of life's journey, people, passions, emotion, hope. #TinyJoys

Spending time in quiet reflection over the Easter break. Holding quietly but firmly to the values of compassion and empathy that underpins our work and renewing our commitment to try to make a difference to people who need help across Dorset.

Reflecting on the current restructuring of the NHS in the April issue of the BV Magazine - Responding with compassion and kindness.

#TinyJoys Lying full stretch on the bathroom floor trying to learn yoga from one of our cats.

Jon Sloper reflects on the deeper power of ‘thank you' – and why saying thank you may be one of the most human acts we have.

From the foundations of gratitude and appreciation that are at the heart of happiness, comes energy that can ripple outwards to others and into the world. Spreading and building momentum as it weaves through our lives together. #InternationalDayOfHappiness

Being seen, feeling heard. In a world of noise, true listening is rare – but as Jon Sloper says, being genuinely seen and heard can change everything

Mark Sharman's Retirement from Help andCare: A Board Farewell

Benches, big print and good loos. With a third of Dorset residents now over 65, Jon Sloper argues ageing well is about connection, confidence and everyday kindnesses.

Hello Spring! #TinyJoys

What happens when you don't know? Jon shares his observations in the March issue of the BV Magazine

Dorchester's generous response to the BBC Radio Solent Soapbox Appeal 2026 with huge donation of toiletries and cleaning products distributed to people in need. www.helpandkindness.co.uk/news/334/dor...

Care where we live - conversations about adult social care reform - have your say through the LGA survey and input your views into the Casey Commission

Ageing Without Children - AWOC - Please share your experiences in the AWOC Survey for 2026

Caring for someone after a stroke? Free information course to support you as a carer.

Great stories. Brilliant ideas. Successes and failures. Plans and projects. People, groups and organisations get together to make food resilience issues irresistible in Dorset.

Help and Kindness at the Heart of Dorset - ‘I don't know what I need' – Jon Sloper received one phone call that revealed the power of connecting the dots to support lives across Dorset

Easter in Dorset 2026 - Holiday Activities and Food event listings for children in Dorset now live. #HAFDorset #EasterInDorset #DorsetTogether

Ongoing website performance developments pay dividends at Help and Kindness. 1.6m search impressions in 28 days. 91,000+ pages indexed. Making it easier to find help in Dorset. #HelpAndKindness

Dorset VCSA Fortifies Board with Strategic Appointments, Enhancing Expertise and Community Impact

Home-Start Wessex Crowned Double Winners at the Dorchester Business Awards

Radical Resilience A different response when cultures and structures are under pressure jonsloper.substack.com/p/radical-re... Exploring creative ways to work together across different sectors and systems that may help us with navigating periods of unparalleled change and pressure.

Supporting Carers. Supporting Independence

Help wanted with Weymouth Swift Town Project to increase the numbers of Swifts returning to the Weymouth area. #NatureRecovery #Ecology #Ornithology #CitizenScience

Stories from people whose food projects have won local hearts and minds!

Would you like to add your voice to research on how people choose to organise and manage their social care? via Dorset Council #DorsetTogether #DirectPayments

Dorset communities urged to prepare for groundwater flooding by Dorset Council. #Flooding #BePrepared #DorsetTogether

Responding to a storm of frightening climate predictions by immersing myself in conversations and building relationships with communities of hopeful local activists. #TinyJoys

Reflecting on responding to change in the February issue of the BV Magazine - big and scary changes or big and exciting changes - a patient listener can be a lifeline dlvr.it/TQpFxB

Improving the lives of our older residents - Age-friendly Dorset Survey findings reported by Dorset Council

Dorset B12 Deficiency Support Group meeting

Chris Smaje and others are Finding Lights in a Dark Age at #PlanetShaftesbury. Encouraging people to share their activities and ideas so we can all become "Lights in the Dark Age" together. #FeedingDorset