{"id":6964,"date":"2026-02-23T12:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:33:03","slug":"dorset-vcsa-fortifies-board-with-strategic-appointments-enhancing-expertise-and-community-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/dorset-vcsa-fortifies-board-with-strategic-appointments-enhancing-expertise-and-community-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorset VCSA Fortifies Board with Strategic Appointments,  Enhancing Expertise and Community Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1365px;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.375%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.375%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.375%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Dorset VCSA have announced the appointment of\u00a0four new members to its Governance Board, effective January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>These appointments strengthen leadership and deepen collective impact across Dorset\u2019s voluntary and community sector.<\/p>\n<p>The new board members are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Donna Blanche<\/strong>, CEO of Leonardo Carer Support \u2014 bringing extensive experience in equality, diversity and inclusion, and a strong record of partnership working across charities, councils and the NHS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Becky Aldridge<\/strong>, CEO of Dorset Health Forum \u2014 offering strategic insight, operational leadership and a deep ethical commitment to the Assembly\u2019s long-term goals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Lee<\/strong>, Director of Operations at International Care Network (ICN) \u2014 whose broad VCS experience and operational expertise will support the Assembly\u2019s continued development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poppy Connell<\/strong>, Help &amp; Care \u2014 bringing fresh perspective, strong values and experience working across multiple local authorities and voluntary sector governance structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full news release is available via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dorsetvcsa.co.uk\/news\/2026\/02\/23\/dorset-vcsa-fortifies-board-with-strategic-appointments-enhancing-expertise-and-community-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dorset VCSA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>23\/02\/2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":6965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6966,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6964\/revisions\/6966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}