Accessibility statement

This website is run by Seal 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:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard (including skip to content or skip to main navigation)
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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.

This includes how to:

• make text larger
• magnify the screen
• change fonts and colours
• make your mouse pointer easier to see
• using your keyboard instead of a mouse
• making your device talk to you

You can translate this website to your preferred language by changing the settings in your browser (such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Safari).

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible:

• Most older PDF documents aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software, such as:
• Documentation created prior to September 2018

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email: sealparishc@outlook.com
• call 01732 833360

We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact: sealparishc@outlook.com

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Seal 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.

Issues with PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs don’t meet accessibility standards. For example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

The accessibility regulations don’t 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 don’t plan to fix old PDF documents, plans, maps or other materials that might still be published and accessed through our website.

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

There are several PDF documents which are handwritten and are not fully accessible. We are working with external providers of information to ask them to provide fully accessible documents in the future, if this is possible for them to do so. This may not be possible for village organisations or clubs producing posters, newsletters or event information.

Some parts of this site link to or use content provided by other websites and these are not always as accessible as our site. Examples of these are:

• YouTube videos
• maps from Google
• share buttons (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

This statement was prepared on 28th February  2021.

We are working to resolve all identified accessibility issues which are within our control and will release them to the website as soon as they are completed.