Accessibility statement for Newborough Parish Council

 

This accessibility statement applies to the website www.newboroughvillage.co.uk

This website is run by Newborough Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts

• zoom in without the text spilling off the screen

• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard

• listen to most of the website using a screen reader

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

 

How accessible this website is

 

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window

• most PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

• some of the pages are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard

 

Feedback and contact information

 

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read or audio recording, please contact the Parish Clerk:

• phone; 07739 812770

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Parish Clerk.

Enforcement procedure

 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

 

Newborough Parish Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

 

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the exemption listed below.

 

Non-accessible content

 

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some buttons do not have an accessible name. We plan to rectify this by our next review.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

 

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

 

This statement was prepared on 29th August 2020. It was last reviewed on 29th August 2020.

This website was last tested on 29th August 2020. The test was carried out by ourselves using Lighthouse.