This accessibility statement applies to whitmoreparishcouncil.co.uk.
This website is run by Whitmore 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 200% 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 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:
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille: email parish.clerk@whitmoreparishcouncil.co.uk
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 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 or Parish Clerk via email: parish.clerk@whitmoreparishcouncil.co.uk
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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
Email: parish.clerk@whitmoreparishcouncil.co.uk
Phone: 07973 330882
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Whitmore 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 fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Many of our older PDFs and Word documents don’t meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. See WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).
Disproportionate burden
Not applicable.
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. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.
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. For example, we do not plan to fix [meeting minutes prior to this date].
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
Not applicable.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
Any core documents will be brought up to website accessibility standards by the end of October 2020.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 3rd September 2020. It was last reviewed on 1 October 2020.
This website was last tested on 3rd September 2020. The test was carried out using the WAVE – the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool: https://wave.webaim.org/ and Userway Accessibility Scanning tool: https://scan.userway.org/
We used this approach to deciding on a sample of pages based on template layouts:
- Home
- News
- History
- Community
- Contact
- Churches
- What’s On
- Acton
- Latest News
- Parish Council