Accessibility Statement for Swilland and Witnesham Grouped Parish Council

This website is run by Swilland and Witnesham Grouped 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

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

•    The calendar dual link alert was unable to be corrected
•    Skipped heading level alerts in the side menu widgets were unable to be fixed
 

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, easy read, audio recording or braille:
•    email the Parish Clerk
•    call 07719 176917
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 31 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, email the Parish Clerk

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

Swilland and Witnesham Grouped 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 fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

None 

Disproportionate burden

None

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 25/08/2020. The test was carried out by Swilland and Witnesham Grouped Parish Council. The test was performed using the Wave Accessibility software.
We tested:
•    our main website platform, available at http://swillandandwitnesham.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 12/08/2020. It was last updated on 28/08/2020.