Accessibility Statement for Osbaldeston Parish Council
Technical Information about this websites accessibility
Osbaldeston Parish Council (known as “the Council”) is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.
Measures to support accessibility
The Council takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the Council website:
- Regular reviews of the website are undertaken
Compliance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.
The Council website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard (detailed below).
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Council website, please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on the Council.
Non-Accessible Content
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Council website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of current known limitations, including potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter or observe an issue not listed below.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
- Uploaded images may not have text alternatives because we cannot ensure the quality of contributions.
- Some older PDFs may not comply.
- Some externally supplied, interactive PDFs may not be fully compliant. We have no control over these documents.
- Some of our online forms might be difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
Disproportionate burden
At the present time, we have not identified any specific issues that would be of disproportionate burden.
Content not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
The following are currently exempt from the Accessibility regulations:
- Pre-recorded audio and video published before 23 September 2020
- Live audio and video
- Heritage collections like scanned manuscripts
- PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018, unless needed to use a service.
- Maps, information may be available in address format
- Third party content under someone else’s control
- Content on intranets or extranets published before 23 September 2019
- Archived websites if not needed for services and they are not updated
Assessment Approach
The Council assessed the accessibility of the website by the following approaches:
- Self-evaluation
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (websites and Mobile Applications) (No2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you are unhappy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).