Town/Parish/Community Council Websites Challenge
(The many tasks of a Parish, Town or Community Councillor)
As the first level of democracy in the UK, Parish, Town & Community Councils have many duties. Add to this the need for transparency and we are reminded that the often-overlooked website is a key part of a Council’s ability to carry out these duties in a compliant manner. Now with GDPR in place, securing and ensuring the privacy of that communication has become a potentially high risk for a Council’s budget. Our packages take all this into account and provide the best value solution.
Challenging times, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, has meant lots of additional information and support being needed and provided through communications channels like the Council Website. One advantage of using this council framework / template is the ability of clerks, councillors, and volunteers to self manage content. This is possible as almost no programming skill is needed to make 95% of all changes on the site, a welcome relief to many councils support teams.
The Council Websites Template / Framework was suggested by TEEC’s MD (Cllr Adrian Abbs B.Sc.) as a direct result of becoming a Parish Councillor for Greenham in 2018. Having seen the challenges that Parish Councils face, he commissioned the template, and to ensure a high-quality solution is available, he has setup within TEEC the hosting of this template, complete with a package of services available to anyone that needs it. The template is free to use for any Parish Councils or Community Project Teams, even if the hosting is with another company.
