Great Gransden Parish Council's Accessibility Policy is based on the model policy dated 12 July 2019 that was published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sample-accessibility-statement/sample-accessibility-statement-for-a-fictional-public-sector-website This model statement was cut and pasted into this page, and adapted to our needs. It was formally adopted at a meeting of the Parish Council in September 2020. You may download a version of this page in PDF format. Accessibility statement for www.greatgransdenpc.org.ukThis website is run by Great Gransden Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. How accessible this website isWe know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
What to do if you cannot access parts of this websiteIf you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us using the above address for directions. Reporting accessibility problems with this websiteWe’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 us as described above.Enforcement procedureThe 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).Sorry, we do not provide a text relay service for people who are deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment. We do not have an office.The room in which we hold our meetings does not have audio induction loops. Click on the following link to contact us. Technical information about this website’s accessibilityGreat Gransden 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, due to the non-compliances listed below.
Non accessible contentThe content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.Non compliance with the accessibility regulationsNo accessibity issues are known other than problems where we’re claiming disproportionate burden, or where the problem is outside the scope of the accessibility regulations, as described below. Disproportionate burdenImages with no alternate textSome images on do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen
reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success
criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). Most of the non-compliant images on the website are icons placed by the underlying web server platform (Google Classic Sites) and outside our control. We believe we have text alternatives for all images for which the web server platform enables us to add such text. It is our intention that when we publish new content, our use of images meets accessibility standards. We are investigating alternative web server platforms to which we could migrate, with comparable ease of use for the web site maintainers and with low running costs. Navigation and accessing informationThere’s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main content’ option). This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.1 (bypass blocks). See above about moving to an alternative web server platform that could enable us to address this issue.We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information, and with images with no alternative text. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when we have discovered an affordable alternative web server platform that meets our needs. PDFs and other documentsMany of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).Some of our PDFs are essential to providing our services. For example, we publish meeting agendas and minutes as PDFs. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them 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. For example, we do not plan to inspect or fix minutes or agendas originally published before the September 2018 deadline. It is our intention that any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. How we tested this websiteThis website was last tested on 28 January 2020. The test was carried out by Great Gransden Parish Council.Our approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test is documented in the accessibility test report. We tested:
What we’re doing to improve accessibilityWith the exception of old pages that have been moved to the archive area, we shall be working through pages that have not been tested to inspect them for visibility. We shall also be looking at information such as our policies that are currently only available as PDF files, and looking to provide them as web pages as well. The current web site hosting solution is Google Classic Sites, which was selected in 2011 with the main criteria being affordability, ease of use rather than accessibility. Unfortunately, this means there are various accessibility issues that are beyond our control, so we are carrying out research to see if we find an alternative web site hosting solution which could better meet our needs. Change noticeThis statement was first drafted on 31 December 2019. It was last updated on 4 September 2020 |
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