Overview of our Website framework/template which also offers the best value. It is aimed at Town and Parish council but also used by Residents Associations and other community groups

My Parish Council, My Town Council, My Community Council

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The website challenge faced by Town or Parish Councils and community engagement.

(The many tasks of a Parish, Town or Community Councillor)

As the first level of democracy in the UK, Parish & Town 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 as well as WCGA 2.2 compliance, accessibility, securing and ensuring the privacy of that communication has become a potentially high risk for a Council’s budget. The packages offered here by TEEC take all this into account and provide the best value solution.

Challenging times, during the Covid-19 pandemic, meant lots of additional information and support being needed and provided through things like the Parish Website. One advantage of using the template is the ability of clerks, councillors, and volunteers to all add content as almost no programming skill is needed to make 95% of all changes. A key feature that catches out many is the need to support the Royal Bridge protocol. This is built into the council template.

The Parish Council Websites Template 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.

Help we offer for Councillors and Clerks

As an unpaid volunteer or clerk your time is important but often limited. By using this Template / Framework you can be sure that it provides a compliant solution, with a team of people working full time to support it. This ensures it is:

Always there (monitored and fixed if an outage occurs) 24x7x365
Up to date with the latest standards for usability (working across Desktops, Tablets, Mobiles and TVs)
Compliant with UK security and data protection legislation (GDPR etc.)
Tested regularly to ensure it works on new releases of web browsers (software like Google, FireFox, Safari and Microsoft Edge)
Has new features available as the needs of the Parish Council evolve

We won't just try and sell you something, we will help you through the correct approval process so you can start saving time and money as soon as possible. This includes:

Details on what will be needed for the various meetings to get approval to change
Presentations and notes to share with Councillors proving the costs saved and the improved ease of use for Councillors, Clerks and Parishioners
A specification so you can run a thorough tender process
Contracts etc to appoint your new supplier

Example features aimed at reducing the need for specialist knowledge.

Below are some of the features (called widgets or modules) that can be placed on any page of your website. They aim to meet three goals.

First, to remove the need for any specialist knowledge when updating something on the website. We aim to minimise the need to learn web development skills

Second, to make the update as efficient for you as possible. Most features do not require you to edit a page. You simply add the new item and any page using the widget is auto updated. This also includes integration with a Facebook page.

Third, to keep your site and content compliant with accessibility legislation, like WCAG, & to provide GDPR compliant forms.

19 January 2026

Example Meeting

England Monday 11:00 pm View Meeting Details

30 July 2025

Online Training Every Wednesday

Zoom 12:00 30/07/2025 to 12:45 View Event Details

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Cymorth gyda'r iaith Gymraeg

Cymru

22

July 2025

Ar ôl derbyn ceisiadau i ddangos sut y gellid cefnogi ieithoedd dwyochrog trwy'r templed, rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi gosod cychwynnol ar gyfer y galluoedd hyn ar gyfer cynghorau sy'n ei chael hi'n angenrheidiol.

Nawr mae'n fater o greu'r cynnwys yn y ddwy iaith a'i gyhoeddjust fel y byddech ei eisiau.

Welsh Language support

Wales

22

July 2025

Having received requests to show how dual language could be supported by the template we are pleased to announce initial deployment for this capability for councils that need this support.

Now its just a matter of creating the content in each language and publishing as you need.

AGAR and .gov or llyw.cymru domains

England

13

May 2025

.gov or llyw.cymru Domains

Central Government is requiring all but the very smallest councils to now use a .gov.uk domain.

We can help as we work with 20i who are on the register of providers. This is also where our web and email servers are based. It allows us to provide a complete solution from web template, through email to domain.

We work with you, so that the .gov domain is registered to you and we do so "at cost" for complete transparency.

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