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East Knoyle Parish Council

Accessibility Statement

East Knoyle Parish Council Accessibility Statement

Statement prepared: January 2025
Last Approved Review Date: February 2025 Current version: 1.0

Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

The Regulations came into force on 23 September 2018 and implement the EU Directive on the accessibility of websites and mobile apps of public sector bodies. The purpose is to improve the accessibility of public sector websites (including Parish Council sites) so that they can be used by as many people as possible – this builds on the existing obligations to disabled people under the Equality Act 2010 and the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.

Accessibility Statement for East Knoyle Parish Council Website

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. The website layout and text has been made as simple as possible to understand. Visitors should be able to navigate the website using just a mouse, mouse pointer and keyboard. The government has produced an excellent guide for disabled computer users. This can be found at AbilityNet It has detailed advice on making your device easier to use. This covers such things as making your screen images and text larger, using a text reader to convert text to sound, using Voice Recognition to control your computer, increasing mouse pointer sizes etc.

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

East Knoyle 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 currently partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non- compliances listed below: -

  • There is only one way to find content (i.e. no search engine)

  • Some 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.

  • East Knoyle Parish Council
    Accessibility Statement V1.0 P a g e | 1 Last Reviewed Feb 2025

 

How we tested this website

This website was tested by Hugo Fox and East Knoyle Parish Council using both automated and manual techniques.

What to do if you cannot access part of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording for example, please contact the clerk at [email protected] We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our website. If you find any problems that are not already listed, or you think we are not meeting the accessibility requirements, contact the Parish Clerk at [email protected]

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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service

  

East Knoyle Parish Council
Accessibility Statement V1.0 P a g e | 2 Last Reviewed Feb 2025