This website is run by Edington Parish Council

The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 requires public sector bodies, which include local councils, to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to websites so that they are accessible to people with various disabilities. From 23 September 2020, all local council websites must comply with these regulations; these include accessibility options for those with:

• Impaired vision
• Motor difficulties
• Cognitive impairments or learning disabilities
• Deafness or impaired hearing

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 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)
• find information contained in difficult to navigate tables within a text block  or other accessible format on the same page

How accessible this website is

The page layout and colour scheme are implemented using cascading style sheets (CSS), elements of which can be over-ridden by the user by selecting the UserWay accessibility menu icon on the screen (or use CTRL+U). All text can be enlarged or reduced to suit your preferences. In addition, AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• you may not be able to modify the line height or spacing of some text
• some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• most of our online forms are accessible to navigate using just a keyboard.

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 then email contact@edingtonwiltsparishcouncil.gov.uk and we’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 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, email contact@edingtonwiltsparishcouncil.gov.uk giving the page title and the nature of the problem.

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

Edington 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 only partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

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 when we publish new content and we will make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

Some icons used for navigation may not have a text alternative.

Some pages are non-compliant because we are not required to test all pages initially, but we will do so as and when pages are revisited for modification.

Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, because some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag.

Our forms are built using pre-coded plugins and are ‘skinned’ to match our website. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (information and relationships).

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information, and with interactive tools and transactions. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Some of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value). 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. We will endeavour to make any new PDFs or Word documents that we publish meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

All web pages will be assessed by the guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), available at www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/

Edington Parish Council requires that:

• All new web pages should be written to at least AA standard
• All existing pages should meet at least A standard
• Pages will be bought up to AA standard as they are periodically revised
• New content will be written as clearly as possible
• Legacy content will be re-edited where necessary as it is revised

Helping users to access our website

The following resources will help you modify your own browser and operating system preferences to suit your own needs:

• Advice from the BBC showing users how to make full use of accessibility settings in browsers and operating systems.
• Advice for Microsoft users
• Advice for Apple users
• Advice for Linux users

For more information on assistive technology (screen enlargers, screen readers, speech recognition systems, speech synthesizers, refreshable Braille displays, Braille embossers, talking word processors, and large-print) for the visually impaired please visit the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) website.

The British Dyslexia Association website has information about accessibility issues people with Dyslexia may encounter.