Old Marston Parish Council Accessibility Statement

Accessibility
This accessibility statement applies to the Old Marston Parish Council
website: www.oldmarston-pc.gov.uk
This website is run by Old Marston Parish Council.
Old Marston Parish Council want as many people as possible to be able
to use this website and is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for
all people.
Old Marston Parish Council is continually looking to improve the user
experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility
standards.
Accessibility Standards and this Website
Old Marston Parish Council is continuously improving this website to
ensure that it meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to
improve accessibility for people with disability. It defines three levels of
conformance: Level A, Level AA and Level AAA.
At present Old Marston Parish Council meets most of the criteria for
level “AA” of the WAI guidelines. This means that some contents do not
conform to the accessibility standard.
Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology
The Old Marston Parish Council website is designed to be compatible
with the following assistive technologies:
• Mobile Phones
• PC and Mac Computers
• All Tablet devices
• All known Browsers
• Screen Readers
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Technical specifications
Accessibility of Old Marston Parish Council website relies on the
following technologies to work with the particular combination of web
browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your
computer:
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the
accessibility standards used and we cannot guarantee that the site will
work fully on older versions of assistive technology.
Content not within the Scope of the accessibility regulations
The following is 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
Accessibility Help – Change the way this website looks – Using tools
on your computer
You can control the look and functionality of this website, depending on
your computer settings. Most computers will have accessibility settings
you can change including the way the screen looks (e.g., changing’ fonts,
sizes, colours, etc.), the way the keyboard or mouse works and possibly
speaking and listening to commands as well as a range of other features.
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As several organisations have already produced lots of good content
about how to make computers and websites more accessible, links have
been made to these sites rather than duplicating their contents.
For advice on changing settings check out My Web My Way produced
by the BBC. It has lots of useful information and a wealth of accessibility
links.
As well as My Web My Way above there is the Government website
which contains information regarding accessibility software.
Your browser will usually have controls which you can use to enlarge
the text on your screen.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We undertake regular reviews of the website
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 7th June 2021.
Plain English
Old Marston Parish Councils website is written in plain English and
jargon avoided. When using acronyms, the full title is used at the start of
any document with the acronym in brackets after. If you don’t
understand something, please contact the Clerk
Feedback
If you experience any problems with Old Marston Parish Council’s
website, please
• Email contact the Clerk
• Telephone 01865 203 139
• Text 07393600736
The Clerk will try to provide you with the information you need. Please
say which page (including the page address/URL if possible) with
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which you experienced problems, and if you have any suggestions how
the page could be improved.
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 not happy with how we respond to your complaint you may,
contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
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