Ashchurch Rural Parish Council website accessibility statement


This website is run by Ashchurch Rural 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 is this website

The accessibility tab on the left side may be used to change the contrast and size of text.

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 to screen reader software
 

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.
If you need any of the information on this website in a different format please contact us and we will consider your request and get back to you within 15 working 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 please contact us and let us know what you think should be improved.


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


 Ashchurch Rural 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

The site is not fully compliant because it holds many linked pdf documents. These doscuments do not contain complex structures and should be readable with screen reading technology.


How we tested this website


This website was last tested on 8 March 2024. The test was performed using the Wave Accessibility software, vesion 3.2.4.1.
We tested our main website platform, available at  www.ashchurchruralpc.org.uk