Accessibility Statement

This statement applies to content published on the the Utterby Parish Council domain.

This website is run by Utterby Parish Council. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand. You should be able to:

zoom in up to 300% without problems
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
use most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

How accessible this website is

Parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

some document attachments are not clearly written
some graphics and document attachments may have poor colour contrast
some images do not have good alternative text on older attached documents
some forms that the website may link to may not be on an accessible platform
some documents are in PDF - mainly the magazine pre June 2020 editions are not accessible to a reader
some images may be of text and if a text alt tag is added.

Non-accessible content

The content that is not accessible is outlined below with details of:

where it fails the success criteria
planned dates for when issues will be fixed
Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Not all links currently have discernible text. - under review by Linconshire County Council to fix their template by end March 2021.
No all of the links change state when focusable. - under review by Linconshire County Council to fix their template by end March 2021.
No all of the inner link text is visible. - under review by Linconshire County Council to fix their template by end March 2021.
There are duplicate link labels. - under review by Linconshire County Council to fix their template by end March 2021.
PDFs which have been scanned prior to September 2020 that did not have readable text content - some of these can be requested as word documents but some are old documents where there is no original file and so the content is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations.
Images on pages which do not always have suitable alternative text.- to change to a decorative image style.under review by Linconshire County Council to fix their template by end February 2021.
Video which do not have subtitles, but are on Youtube so the subtitling service can be used to generate subtitles – This is related to WCAG 2.1A success criteria 1.2.2 (Captions (Prerecorded)) and 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded).- ongoing to any videos linked to.

We plan to fix issues that are identified to us as soon as we can.

How to request content in an accessible format

If you need information in a different format contact us on clerk@utterbyparishcouncil.gov.uk or 01507 328149 and tell us:

the web address (URL) of the content
your name and email address
the format you need

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you find problems that are not listed on this page or you think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us.

Enforcement procedure

If you contact us with a complaint and you are not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
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’).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Utterby Parish Council is committed to making its website accessible (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.