Websites for Town and Parish Councils
Easily meet regulatory requirements
Modern Professional Style
Easy Administration
Standards Compliant
National Improvement Strategy
Our websites are designed to support the development of your council to achieve the quality standards set by the NALC Local Council Award Scheme.
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Supporting The Local Council Award Scheme
If you have chosen to participate in the NALC Local Government Award Scheme to achieve the Foundation Award, the Quality Award or the Quality Gold Award we would be very pleased to support you on that journey with a website designed to help you demonstrate achievement of the criteria.
Raising The Standard
The Local Council Award Scheme ( “Raising The Standard”) is one of the three pillars of the National Improvement Strategy which are:
- Raising the Standard
- Professional Development
- Democratic Leadership
Of these three, “Raising The Standard” (the local council award scheme) encompasses elements of the other two:
- commit to professional development of staff and record the training of councillors and
- ensure that two thirds of the council is elected rather than co-opted.
and so this award scheme can operate as the driving force for the whole National Improvement Strategy for local councils.
Using A Website To Demonstrate Compliance With The Quality Standards
We design our websites to support the best practice standards of the Local Council Award Scheme. This provides a structure for publishing evidence of the council complying with the requirements of the awards scheme and the structure for displaying ongoing compliance.
Fully publishing the intentions and actions of the council in a clearly structured and searchable website gives a public commitment to the objectives, activities and achievements of the council that can be clearly understood, and monitored by the community.
We believe that a public website to structure, cross-reference and publish the clear intentions information keeps this committment on the radar for the council and the public and it becomes the cornerstone of “raising the standard”, both incentivising and demonstrating efficiency, transparency and accountability.
Websites bursting with information
As you develop the ambitions and activities of your council, meet new regulatory requirements and meet local council quality standards you will multiply the volume of information held by the council. All these documents are potential targets for Freedom of Information requests, so why not prempt the requests and publish them on your website?
A website designed with your needs in mind can cross-reference related content and provide clarity for residents and councillors alike through a clear and consistent structure.

Regulatory Requirements
Meet the regulatory requirements for published information prescribed by the Local Government Acts, the Transparency Codes, the Freedom of Information and many more.
Council Activities
Publish details of your activities e.g. from the neighbourhood plan development and planning application reviews to the improvements to street lighting, new bus shelters, community bus trial, traffic calming, grants to community groups etc. as applicable.
Community Engagement
Use the new website as a focal point for gathering community wish lists, consultations on proposals, easily conduct online polls on community topics, easily set up an online newsletter to complement or replace a printed version.