Accessibility statement for https://www.braffertonhelperbypc.org.uk/
This accessibility statement applies solely to the website of Brafferton & Helperby Parish Council.
The website is run by Brafferton & Helperby Parish Council. It wants as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change contrast levels
- 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 has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
Accessibility is primarily focused upon those documents that the Council has a regulatory requirement to publish; these include agendas, minutes and ‘end of year’ financial documents.
The Council knows that some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text.
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
- some PDF News posts are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
- documents posted in the Archive Tab, dated prior to September 2018, have not been assessed for accessibility.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website contact the Council Clerk, Mr Roger Clements, using the Contact Tab or:
- email braffertonhelperby.pc@gmail.com
- call 01423 209045
The Council will consider your request or feedback and get back to you usually within 10 days (but note the Clerk is the only employee and will occasionally be away on leave etc).
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
The Council is 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 Council Clerk, Mr Roger Clements, using the Contact Tab or:
- email braffertonhelperby.pc@gmail.com
- call 01423 209045
The Council will consider your request or feedback and get back to you usually within 10 days (but note the Clerk is the only employee and will occasionally be away on leave etc).
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 the Council responds to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Brafferton & Helperby 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 non-compliances 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 published after September 2018 by December 2020. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
Navigation and accessing information
If text size is increased significantly then it may overlap with other content.
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 of Council Orders and policies. By December 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
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 Archived minutes and accounts documents dated prior to September 2018.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. Opening the downloaded PDF in the latest version of Adobe Reader should provide a better experience if Windows Narrator isn’t able to handle it in your web browser.
Live video
Live video is not currently posted our website but, if we do post any in the future, we do not plan to add captions to it because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 6 October 2020. It was last reviewed on 6 October 2020.
This website was last tested on 27 September 2020. The test was carried out by the Brafferton & Helperby Parish Clerk.
This is the approach used in deciding on a sample of pages to test: samples of Word document minutes and agendas were successfully navigated using standard Window browser keyboard shortcuts and were also successfully read using the Windows Narrator audio reader. Some PDFs of Council Orders and policies are not currently readable using Windows keyboard shortcuts or Windows Navigator. However, opening the downloaded PDF in the latest version of Adobe Reader should provide a better experience if Windows Narrator isn’t able to handle it in your web browser.