Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Westhall Parish Council

This website is run by Westhall 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:

  • 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 (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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?

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • we can’t guarantee the full accessibility of our PDF documents or Word documents to screen reader software. 
  • Uploaded images may not have text alternatives because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. Some older PDFs may not comply

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print or audio recording:

email parishclerkwesthall@gmail.com

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 30 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 at parishclerkwesthall@gmail.com and they will try to help you out with this query.

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

Westhall 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.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some images do not have a text alternative so the information in them is not available via screen readers ie. Unable to fix low contrast, unable to fix some labels and on some pages the tabbing order is not in logical order when navigating using a keyboard. 

Disproportionate burden

There will be a disproportionate burden financially to fix these issues as the Parish Council's annual Precept is £3,120. 

How we tested this website

This website was last tested 30th September 2020. The test was carried out by Westhall Parish Council. The test was performed using the Wave Accessibility software.  We tested our main website platform, available at westhall.onesuffolk.net/

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are constantly looking at our website accessibility alongside our website developers and where we can improve on it, we will. We follow a specific set of guidelines to ensure all our content meets the WCAG 2.1 Standard.

This statement was prepared on 23rd September 2020 It was last updated on 30th September 2020.

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

 

Westhall Parish Council

Ann Donnachie

Parish Clerk

Accessibility statement for Westhall Parish Council

This website is run by Westhall 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:

  • 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 (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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?

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • we can’t guarantee the full accessibility of our PDF documents or Word documents to screen reader software. 
  • Uploaded images may not have text alternatives because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. Some older PDFs may not comply

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print or audio recording:

  • email parishclerkwesthall@gmail.com

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 30 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 at parishclerkwesthall@gmail.com and they will try to help you out with this query.

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

Westhall 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.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some images do not have a text alternative so the information in them is not available via screen readers ie. Unable to fix low contrast, unable to fix some labels and on some pages the tabbing order is not in logical order when navigating using a keyboard. 

Disproportionate burden

There will be a disproportionate burden financially to fix these issues as the Parish Council's annual Precept is £3,120. 

How we tested this website

This website was last tested 30th September 2020. The test was carried out by Westhall Parish Council. The test was performed using the Wave Accessibility software.  We tested our main website platform, available at westhall.onesuffolk.net/

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are constantly looking at our website accessibility alongside our website developers and where we can improve on it, we will. We follow a specific set of guidelines to ensure all our content meets the WCAG 2.1 Standard.

This statement was prepared on 23rd September 2020 It was last updated on 30th September 2020.

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

 

Westhall Parish Council

Ann Donnachie

Parish Clerk