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Town/Parish/Community Council Websites Challenge

Council 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.

Help 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

Contact us on 01635282361 for more details.

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

council Testimonials

Testimony From Lavant Parish Council - https://lavantparishcouncil.co.uk/

‘This was a project that was so way out of my depth I was literally holding my breath…. I am so pleased to have found Myparishcouncil.co.uk

What a pleasant experience, I have been guided, trained in website knowledge which has grown huge amounts and all the way through the process with the friendly, helpful Business Development Manager Mark. Great Value for money and very pleased

with awesome end results. Never a problem to call, always been available to get help to amend our simple and easy to use administration package running the website.

Thank you, learning the tricks each day. Tutorials are nice and easy to follow so far!

Dawn Salter

Lavant Parish Clerk /RFO

Testimony From Altarnunparish Parish Council - http://altarnunparish.co.uk/

‘I have just had a new website completed by TEEC’s - My Parish Council team and the whole process and experience exceeded my expectations.

The service was courteous, friendly and very prompt. The team I dealt with developed an excellent understanding of my individual needs and concerns and took personal responsibility for delivering what was promised in a very friendly, supportive and business-like manner.

This company is very easy to do business with, they get it right first time and I have no hesitation in recommending their product and service.’

Robin Turner

Altarnun Parish Clerk


Latest Parish News

Template confirmed as fully AA WCAG 2.2 compliant

United Kingdom

31

October 2024
Template confirmed as fully AA WCAG 2.2 compliant

Having received various guidance from NALC and other bodies as well as the 31st October deadline now looming we wanted to triple check that the template available for councils was fully compliant. We are very pleased to confirm this is the case and we stand ready to help as many councils as needed to get compliant before the deadline. Just call Mark on 01635 282361

New features for 2024 and 2025

United Kingdom

14

January 2024
New features for 2024

We are launching some new features in 2024/2025

  1. A FAQ plug-in to allow a database of things about the Town or Parish to be created. This is now launched.
  2. We are introducing a YouTube widget for those who want a video on a page. 
  3. An intelligent Chatbot for users to be able to find what they need - An enhanced version of the existing search feature.
  4. An AI Chatbot that will support speech to words - words to meaning and focus on specific accredited resources so people can get an answer they can rely on.
  5. We will also be providing plugins for Facebook and X so your posts and Tweets can be displayed on the website.
  6. We are also looking to introduce VOICE assistant integration for town councils and larger parish councils.