Governance, Transparency & Policies
Accessibility Statement
This statement outlines our ongoing efforts to make our website accessible to everyone. It includes our commitment to ensuring equal access and opportunity for all individuals, including those with disabilities.
Kings Worthy Parish Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
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.
Measures to support accessibility
The Council takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the Council website:
Accessible website provider used to undertake automatic updates to ensure the website is up to date with the latest accessibility guidelines.
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 conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AAA.
Feedback or Requesting documentation
Kings Worthy Parish Council strive to make our website as accessible as possible so we welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Council website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on the Council website by using the report a problem button at the bottom of each page, or by contacting the Parish Office.
Also, please contact us if you wish to request any inaccessible content in an accessible format and we will endeavour to do so within 7 business days.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Parish Online Websites is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
Non-Accessible Content
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Council website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below using the contact us on the information above.
Older uploaded images may hot have text alternatives
Some older PDFs (or PDFs that are required to be scanned originals) may not comply.
Some older documents may not be written in plain english, include tables without headings and may contain poor contrast.
Kings Worthy Parish Council continue to strive to improve our content accessibility and if you wish to request information in a particular format, then please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Enforcement procedure
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’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
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 maybe 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:
Use of a website provider that automatically updates the website to meet the accessibility guidelines when they change.
The website is regularly tested on each version release using WCAG2.2AA compliance tools,
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 27th September 2024
A pdf copy of this statement is available below.
