Best council website

Ringwood Town Council’s website, www.ringwood.gov.uk, has been awarded best council website in the Hampshire Association of Local Councils Communications Awards 2008.

On presenting the award, the judges congratulated the town council and commented that its website was “extremely informative and innovative in communicating its message to the local community”.

The website has also been shortlisted in the Hantsweb Awards 2008 in the category of Best Public Service Website, the results of which will be announced on 4 November.

Jo Stannard, Deputy Town Clerk said, “We are delighted to have achieved this recognition for the work that we have put into developing our website.  I would like to thank Jaki and John at TLC Online, who manage our numerous updates and requests with good humour and the upmost professionalism.  We scored a total of 29 out of a possible 35, so we will be looking to improve on this in next year’s awards. If anyone has any suggestions for information they would like to see on the website, please let us know.”