The Central Digital and Data Office wishes to increase the adoption and secure use of ‘.gov.uk’ domains and modern cloud services linked to these domains across English Parish Councils, Parish Meetings, and small Town Councils.
Parish and Town councils are the first tier of local government. Your Council should have a .gov.uk domain to:
- Demonstrate trustworthiness of your website and emails
- Clear email security filters
- Reduce risk to Council correspondence, including when Clerks or employees leave
- Make it easier to respond to FOI
- Have proactive monitoring of your website by Central Digital and Data Office’s Domain Management Team
- Have better legal protection of your domain
Find out the benefits of getting and using a .gov.uk domain.
To get a .gov.uk domain name follow the apply for a .gov.uk domain name guidance.
WALC is working with RealPoint Group. Download this document – Domains Emails and Websites for Councils which summarises the requirements and also has a form for clerks to fill in to start the process.