Accessibility statement for Boyton Parish Council

This accessibility statement applies to

This website is run by Boyton and Corton Parish Council and you should be able to navigate most of the website using just a keyboard. 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 and some features do not work fully on different browsers

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: The Parish Clerk on 01985 850296 or [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’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

We do not have an office and the Clerk works volountarily so we cannot provide a service where you will always be able to see or speak to a member of staff. Please use the phone number or email address to contact us and we will try to accommodate your needs.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Boyton and Corton 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.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

We plan to ensure all documents published since September 2020 documents are fully compliant by the end of September 2021. When we publish new documents they will meet accessibility standards.

Disproportionate burden

Navigation and accessing information

Clickable controls should be keyboard accessible (WCAG 2.1A F15) and Clickable controls should have an ARIA role (WCAG 2.1A F54)

Interactive tools and transactions

Some of our content is missing.

There are CSS style issues.

There are HTML and CSS validation errors.

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 2021.

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

PDFs and other documents

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 old copies of Council meeting Minutes.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Our website provider is in the process of introducing accessibility controls and generally making the websites they provide more compliant. We will work with them to ensure this is achieved in a timely manner or we will look to use an alternative supplier.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21/09/2020. It was last reviewed on 21/09/2020.

This website was last tested on 21/11/2020. The test was carried out by the Chairman.

We used the guidance provided by the Government to complete a basic accessibility test.