This accessibility
statement applies to the Parish Council pages of the website
littoncheney.org.uk. But it is hoped
that accessibility improvements will eventually be reflected across the whole
site.
This website is run
by volunteers on behalf of the Parish Council, Litton and Thorner’s Community
Hall and Litton Cheney Social Committee. We want as many people as possible to
be able to use the website and have made the text as simple as possible to
understand.
Accessibility for
visitors may be affected by the hardware and software being used. AbilityNet has advice on
making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Testing was carried
out using different versions of Windows operating systems and, based on these
tests we believe that some parts of this website are not fully accessible for
example:
· the website may not
be fully accessible via some mobile or tablet devices
· some documents are
not fully accessible to screen reader software.
· you cannot skip to
the main content when using a screen reader
· screen readers may
not read content in the correct order
· navigation does not
always flow logically via keyboard commands
If you need
information in a different format contact the Parish Clerk by email at littoncheney@dorset-aptc.gov.uk or telephone 01308
281561 providing your name and contact details; the web address (URL) of the
content you want and the format you require (for example, large print,
accessible pdf).
We are 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 the Parish Clerk (as above).
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).
Litton Cheney
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.
The content listed
below is non-accessible for the stated reasons.
This website serves a population of 359 residents of the Parish of Litton
Cheney plus those of neighbouring parishes and visitors. The Parish Council
pages comprise a small proportion of a much larger website that is run by
volunteers. The small cost of maintaining the entire website is jointly met by
three organisations, with the Parish Council share equating to £20 per
annum.
Whilst we wish to make the Parish Council’s pages as accessible as
possible, there will be areas of non-compliance which would be a
disproportionate burden to fix at this point in time. These include the following:
Content may not be
presented in a logical order when accessed via keyboard or screen reader.
Navigation may not
work properly when accessed via a mobile or tablet device
The cursor may not
move sequentially across the page when accessed solely via the keyboard. Some
content may be omitted.
Pages may not be
useable when stylesheets are disabled.
There’s no way to
skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main
content’ option).
Where documents
have been completed manually and or signed before being scanned in pdf format,
these cannot be read by a screen reader.
Previous minutes and
various policy and administrative documents are not currently published in an
acceptable format. By 23 September 2020, we plan to either fix or replace most
of those published after 23 September 2018 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.
Any new PDFs or
Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. However, scanned
documents with ‘wet signatures’ cannot be provided in a format to meet
accessibility regulations.
We plan to fix
issues, where possible, as they arise, check any new content when it is
published and undertake periodic checks of existing content to identify any new
errors, such as broken links. We will continue to review what, if any
improvements can be made to aspects of the website that do not currently meet
accessibility criteria.
This statement was approved
on 8 September 2020.
This website was
last tested during 2019-2020. The test was carried out by the Parish Clerk, volunteer
Parish Councillor and volunteer website administrator following guidance
published by central government and the National Association of Local Councils
and using free testing software. All Parish Council pages were tested.
Last review
September 2020