Designed for councils
Agendas, minutes, councillors, finance and policies are the structure of the site, not a blog theme with the labels changed. The same craft is on Darwen, Cliviger and Habergham Eaves.
Council websites
Better websites for parish & town councils.
Modern, accessible council websites without the complicated costs. We handle the design, hosting, maintenance and technical support, so you can focus on your community.
darwentowncouncil.gov.uk
Darwen Town Council · desktop and mobile
- Built with accessibility at the centre
- Transparency Code
- Assertion 10 support
- .gov.uk help
- GDPR
For the clerk
Five questions, answered plainly
01
Can you build us a decent website?
Yes. Modern council websites, already live — Darwen Town Council is the one to look at first.
02
Will it meet the requirements?
Built with accessibility at the centre, following WCAG 2.2 AA standards, with Transparency Code and Assertion 10 support.
03
Can we update it ourselves?
Yes. It is WordPress, with training included. Managed publishing is there if you would rather we upload for you.
04
How much?
Parish £199 setup + £249 a year. Town £349 + £349. Flagship £499 + £450. Year-1 totals are on the pricing page.
05
Who do we contact when something goes wrong?
You email a real person in the UK. The inbox is info@parishdigital.co.uk.
Why clerks choose this
Accessibility at the centre
We build following WCAG 2.2 AA standards, in the theme itself. We do not bolt on an overlay widget and call the job done.
Ongoing UK support
Training when you go live, and a person to contact afterwards. Hosting, updates and backups stay with the annual fee.
What you get
Everything a council website needs
Agendas and minutes
A proper archive, so residents and councillors can find the papers for a meeting.
Finance and AGAR
A home for the AGAR, payments and the Transparency Code documents.
Councillors and interests
Names, wards where you use them, and declarations of interest.
News and events
On Town and Flagship, so the public site is not only a document store.
Accessibility statement
A statement written for the public sector regulations, following WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
Privacy, FOI and policies
The policy pages a clerk is asked for, with the clerk as the contact.
.gov.uk help and hosting
Domain coordination with Krystal Hosting, plus hosting, SSL and backups.
Training and support
A training call, a written how-to, and UK email support after launch.
How it works
01
A 15-minute discovery call
We look at the site you have now, the documents you publish, and what the clerk actually needs to change.
02
We build and migrate the essentials
Current and previous year of minutes and agendas, the AGAR, councillors and registers of interest, and the core policies.
03
You go live. We train and stay
The clerk gets a training call and written notes. Hosting, updates and a real person remain part of the annual fee.
Pricing
Year-1 totals you can take to a meeting
Setup plus the first year. Flagship, the Darwen standard, is the one most councils choose.
Parish
A complete council website for a parish, with the essentials in place.
£448
Year-1 total
£199 setup + £249/yr · about £21/mo equivalent
Most popular
Flagship (Darwen)
The Darwen standard: more design time, for councils that want the flagship.
£949
Year-1 total
£499 setup + £450/yr · about £38/mo equivalent
Town
A fuller public site for a town council, with news, events and more room to show the community.
£698
Year-1 total
£349 setup + £349/yr · about £29/mo equivalent
Multi-council add-on: +£15/mo and £200 setup per extra council. See what the annual fee includes.
Accessibility and compliance, built in
Built with accessibility at the centre, following WCAG 2.2 AA standards, with Transparency Code and Assertion 10 support. No bolt-on widgets.
A few more answers
Still deciding? Ask us directly. We reply within one working day.
Most parish and town sites go live within a few weeks of the discovery call, once we have your documents and decisions. We agree dates with you before we start. We do not promise a fixed number of days in a brochure.
Town councils are expected to use .gov.uk. Many parish councils choose it too. We help you apply, working alongside Krystal Hosting, who are an approved registrar. We are not a registrar ourselves. Email licences are charged separately.
The council owns its content and its domain. While the annual agreement runs, we host the website. If you leave, we export the content and hand over DNS. The detail is in the services contract, not hidden in the annual fee.
Yes. There is a multi-council add-on of £15 a month and £200 setup per extra council. Managed publishing is available if one clerk is covering several sites.