Dorset Tech is a truly exciting social enterprise that provides website and app development services, then donates the profits back to the community through a range of projects.
We volunteer 30-90 hours per month of our team’s time to community projects.
Projects
Award-Winning Local Village Magazine
Tech Advice Drop-In Sessions
Recruitment Drop-In Days
Kids Robot Combat Club
Dorset Science & Technology Centre
Volunteer time for Local Toddlers Group
Volunteer for Village Music Festival
Free Websites & Design for Local Causes
Giving Back
Our customers know that profits from the work they do with us go back to the community through our education centre and various community projects, some of which our customers embrace and get involved in themselves. We have recently made the move investments to be a carbon-neutral business and are actively looking at clean energy.
Being a social enterprise, we are able to keep our prices down to a level impossible for a traditional web agency. Our standard rate is around 1/3 of the price of local rivals and we offer a highly discounted rate for charities, start-ups and companies working with animals/children (our passions!).
Our community projects include producing an award-winning local village magazine, plus a local annual directory free of charge. We hold regular drop-in tech advice sessions and partner with a recruitment company, for a recruitment drop-in day.
We have also taken over the failed Dorset Science & Technology Centre from Atom Club, a £20,000 investment and will be re-opening half of it as a community hot-desking and maker space with weekly free tech advice drop-in sessions.