Using this website
This accessibility statement applies to www.rocheparishcouncil.gov.uk.
This website is run by Roche 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:
·
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)
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.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
·
the text will not reflow in a single
column when you change the size of the browser window
·
you cannot modify the line height or
spacing of text
·
most older PDF documents are not
fully accessible to screen reader software
·
you cannot skip to the main content
when using a screen reader
If you need information on this website in a different format like
accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please
contact:
Email: clerk@rocheparishcouncil.gov.uk
Telephone: 01726 890983
We’ll 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, contact:
Email: clerk@rocheparishcouncil.gov.uk
Telephone: 01726 890983
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).
We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing
impaired or have a speech impediment.
Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your
visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
Find out how to contact us
·
clerk@rocheparishcouncil.gov.uk
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call 01726 890983
Roche 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, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
·
There may be pages with read
more / click here links. See WCAG 2.4 Success Criterion 4.4 (Link Purpose (In
Context)
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There may be some pages where
HTML isn’t perfectly formed, such as stray end tags. See WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.1 (Parsing).
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Many 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. See WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).
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 by September 2020. When
we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility
standards.
There are many PDF documents within the site, so people using a screen
reader cannot read the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1
(non-text content).
When we publish new content, we’ll
make sure our use of images and PDFs meets accessibility standards.
There’s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for
example, a ‘skip to main content’ option).
It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from
horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.
It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the
content overlapping.
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. We will make another assessment
when the supplier contract is up for renewal, likely to be in 12 months.
What
we’re doing to improve accessibility
We plan to improve accessibility on
this website by:
·
regularly monitoring the
accessibility of our website
·
making our PDF documents (created
after 22 September 2018) as accessible as possible
·
where possible, creating HTML pages
rather than PDF documents
PDFs and other documents
Some of our PDFs are essential to providing our services. For example,
we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services. By
September 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 Minutes of Main Meeting 8 November
2017.
Any new PDFs we publish will meet accessibility standards.
This statement was prepared on 6th September 2020. It was
last reviewed on 6th September 2020.
This website was last tested on 6 September 2020. The test was carried
out by Dinah Crellin of DMC IT.