Vision ICT Ltd is now recognised as the most experienced website design agency working within the local council sector, proudly working with over 700 parish, community and town councils.

We are delighted to have established close working relationships with the national bodies, OVW, NALC and CALCs and the SLCC. Our expertise in this sector often leads us to be asked to make presentations at County and National level.

Accessibility
The new WCAG 2.1 guidelines on the accessibility requirements for council websites are causing a lot of worry and concern for local councils at the moment. We have been asked to make presentations to several CALCs and will be continuing to do this in the future. As you are aware accessibility is a complex topic and the language used and the documentation is not understandable to many clerks and councillors. Through working with our 700 clients we are developing considerable expertise in this area.

Security
With the introduction of the GDPR regulations that were enacted in 2018 there arose a wealth of questions for councils around the issue of IT Security. Due to our experience in this field we are continually asked to make presentations to CALCs and also at a NALC National Conference on this topic. More importantly in our daily work with clients we answer questions and advise in this area. It is access to this level of support that our clients find so helpful.

• Is it responsive?


• What is your council wanting to achieve through your website?


• Basic council information?


• Community information?


• Does it encourage interaction?

• What are Minutes? Use of language all will understand.


• Is it up to date?


• Social Media links?


• SSL Certificates


• DDA Compliant – Accessibility Statement

Easy to use Content Management System

Reliable and robust. Our websites have practically no down-time
(less than 0.02% over the last 3 months)

On-going Help and Support whenever needed

Clear navigation for visitors to ensure information is easy to find

• Unlimited file and picture storage


• Website search facility


• Site Map


• Integrated data base for the management of Councillors, committees, agendas and minutes


• Events display on pages of your choice


• Searchable database for Community Groups & Local Businesses


• Private areas


• Gov.uk or Gov.wales domain name
  

• Bespoke design


• Latest news feed on pages of your choice


• Contact us page with Google Map and on-line enquiry form


• Links to Facebook/Twitter and other social media as required


• Google Analytics


• SSL Certificate for added security


• GDPR Compliant


• Admin Panel for content editing 
  
  

• Design of website
• Adding all initial content legally required by the Transparency Code
• Website hosting
• Domain name registered

• Ability to add further pages to the site when required
• Website warranty
• On-going help and support