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Accessibility Statement

 

Accessibility statement for Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby Parish Council website

This website is run by Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby 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 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 (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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

AbilityNet (https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/ ) 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 may not be fully accessible:

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible large print

•           email esk.ugg@gmail.com

•           call 07791889737

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 21 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 via email esk.ugg@gmail.com or call 07791889737

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) http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/

Contact the Parish Clerk via email esk.ugg@gmail.com  or call 07791889737

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby 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 not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 (https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21 Standard.  The non accessible sections are listed below.

Non accessible content

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

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).

We plan to add text alternatives for all images by September 2020. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

Disproportionate burden

Navigation and accessing information

 

There’s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main content’ option). This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.1 (bypass blocks).

It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.4 (orientation).

It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.4 (resize text).

Interactive tools and transactions

 

Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, because some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag.

Our forms are built and hosted through third party software and ‘skinned’ to look like our website. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (information and relationships).

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information, and with interactive tools and transactions. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when the supplier contract is up for renewal, likely to be in indefinite.

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

PDFs and other documents

 

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

None of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

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

Live video

 

Live video streams do not have captions. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.4 (captions - live).

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 20 November 2019. The test was carried out by Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby Parish Council.

We sample tested our pages on a laptop and mobile device.

We tested:

•           our main website platform, available at  http://www.eskdaleside-cum-ugglebarnby-pc.org.uk/

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will review our website on an annual basis or when new regulations apply.

This statement was prepared on 20 November 2019. It was last updated on 20 November 2019

Page last updated: 4 December, 2019