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DORSET COUNCIL- WEST PURBECK REPORT BRIANTSPUDDLE AND AFFPUDDLE

NEWS
Editor’s note

I have received the occasional comment
about the length of the monthly Dorset ARTSREACH
Council report.
It is important to let readers know that our Briantspuddle Village Hall presents an Artsreach Theatre
councilors cover West Purbeck, not just our production of:
own parish. It is not really possible for them The Notnow Collective: Pepper and Honey
to produce separate articles for each local
area, and regretfully, I simply don’t have the Date: Saturday 5 March at 7.30 p.m.
th
time to edit the articles to make them more
relevant to just Bere Regis and Affpuddle. Venue: Briantspuddle Village Hall.
Ticket price: Adult £10 Child £6 Family £25
Dorset Council’s budget proposals for next financial year Box Office: For Tickets call Deborah on 07788100273
Dorset Council’s budget proposals for next financial year, 2022-23, prioritise the Tickets also available online at www.artsreach.co.uk
continued delivery of vital frontline services for residents. The budget proposals
include more money for: Refreshments: Bar will be available with Beers, wine, soft drinks & Teas & coffee

 adult social care – a 10% increase (equating to £13 million, taking the total There are two types of people. The ones
budget to £141 million) to fund the rising need for social care in the local who move away. And the ones who stay
population and rising costs and wait...
 children’s services – a 4% increase (equating to £2.7 million, taking the total Enjoyed the Great British Bake Off? Then
budget to £74.5 million) to fund improvements to support children in care you’ll love this show! Notnow Collective
and children with special educational needs and disabilities tackle your senses and your imagination in
Pepper and Honey, a new play about two
 climate and ecological emergency response – £10M capital investment women questioning the meaning of home.
over the next 5 years to help fund the delivery of the council’s action plan This heart-warming and poignant play
 housing – an extra £0.75 million to support the development of more new intertwines live baking with a story of what
homes with our Registered Providers and the supply of better value it is like to settle in a different country,
temporary accommodation from the private rented sector. leaving and returning and making and
breaking family traditions.
This year’s budget setting exercise takes place against a continuing national
background of extreme pressures for councils resulting from the COVID pandemic Timed to perfection to deliver a perfect
alongside growing demand and price pressures. Social care services represent Croatian pepper biscuit, baked live in front
59% of Dorset Council’s total net spending. The budget proposals include a 3% of and with the help of the audience. “A
increase in council tax: 1.998% increase in general council tax and 0.996% increase warm and gentle show” The Stage
for the social care precept. For a band D property, this equates to £1.02 extra a
week.

Cllr Gary Suttle, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Commercial and Capital Strategy,
said: Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle website: www.briantspuddle.info

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