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Accessibility Statement

 

 EAST GARSTON PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

 

Introduction

The Parish Council is required by the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (“the regulations”) to have a website that is accessible for all users and to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to websites so they are accessible to

people with various disabilities.

These include:

  • Impaired vision
  • Motor difficulties
  • Cognitive impairments or learning disabilities
  • Deafness or impaired hearing

This Parish Council is required under the above regulations to have Website Accessibility Statement. This statement has been compiled by a review of national guidelines and a sample of statements from similar bodies.

Website Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for the East Garston Parish Council website, www.eastgarston-pc.gov.uk

This website is owned by East Garston 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 using built-in browser settings

• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen

• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard

• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software

• listen to most of the website using a screen reader like JAWS or NVDA

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

abilitynet.org.uk has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

East Garston Parish Council are a small public body and the website is managed by a volunteer with support from a web hosting company. Whilst our intent is to adhere to the requirements of the regulations, our ability to respond may be limited by the availability of resources or if it involves a disproportionate financial burden

How accessible is this website?

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

  • in some instances, you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
  • images that appear in carousel displays do not support alt text but the description box below those images does.
  • East Garston Parish Council has a specific business need to use pdf documents and as such they are extensively used. When using the website these pdf documents are downloaded and read using Adobe Acrobat Reader and may be read by a screen reader. However, we do not also provide an html version, since creating html versions of each one would be an unnecessary burden.

We will continue to review the situation and where possible rectify these exceptions.

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille then we will try to accommodate the request. Please contact us as follows

Preferably by email to news@eastgarston-pc.gov.uk, cc: to clerk@eastgarston-pc.gov.uk

Or phone the Parish Clerk, Alison Blackmore on 01488 648014

We will consider your request and get back to you within 5 working days

How to report accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or you think that we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us as follows

Preferably by email to news@eastgarston-pc.gov.uk, cc to clerk@eastgarston-pc.gov.uk

Or phone the Parish Clerk, Alison Blackmore on 01488 648014

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing “the regulations”. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your requests, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).  https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 27th August 2020. The test was carried out by the volunteer editor of the website on behalf of East Garston Parish Council.

We sampled pages from each of the main headings on the home page of www.eastgarston-pc.gov.uk

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We welcome comments and suggestions from users to improve the accessibility of the website:

Preferably by email to news@eastgarston-pc.gov.uk, cc: to clerk@eastgarston-pc.gov.uk

Or phone the Parish Clerk, Alison Blackmore on 01488 648014

Approved

This statement was approved by East Garston Parish Council at its meeting on 2nd September 2020. Thereafter It will be reviewed annually by councillors following retests and consultation with the website editor.