ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This Accessibility Statement applies to www.granborough.org which is the website for Granborough Parish Council.

This website is run by Granborough 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 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.

How Accessible Is This Website?

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
there is a limit to how far you can magnify the maps on our website

Feedback and Contact Information

If you need information on this website in a different format like large print or word documents;

email clerk@granborough.org
call 01280 823116
write to us at; The Clerk, Granborough Parish Council, Hambledon Barn, Main Street, Chackmore, Bucks MK18 5JF.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.

Reporting Accessibility Problems with this Website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of the website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Clerk;

email clerk@granborough.org
call 01280 823116
write to us at; The Clerk, Granborough Parish Council, Hambledon Barn, Main Street, Chackmore, Bucks MK18 5JF.

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).

Contacting Us by Phone or Visiting Us in Person

If you would like to contact us, please use the email address, phone number or address mentioned above.

We do not have a public office to visit, but can arrange for the Clerk or a Councillor to help if you are having difficulties accessing the Parish Council Meeting.

Technical Information about this Website’s Accessibility

Granborough 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.

Compliance Status

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 Content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-Compliance with the Accessibility Regulations

Maps displayed by Google Maps – we don’t control how Google Maps displays information, but where possible we provide addresses within the web page’s text (via HTML). When Google makes their map output accessible, we will update our technology accordingly.
Pictures of event or information posters, when provided by a third party – where possible we provide the information from the picture, within the web page’s text (via HTML). We will encourage all providers of these pictures to provide accessible alternatives in future
Some images 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). We plan to add text alternatives for all images as soon as possible. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
Some PDFs published since September 2018 are not in an accessible format, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. We plan to replace these with alternatives by December 2021. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of PDFs meets accessibility standards.

Disproportionate Burden

Navigation and accessing information

It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.

It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.

Interactive Maps

Maps displayed by Google Maps – we don’t control how Google Maps displays information, but where possible we provide addresses within the web page’s text (via HTML). When Google makes their map output accessible, we will update our technology accordingly

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. 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.

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

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We have had a new website created using accessible technology, we are updating all of our content to ensure it is accessible where ever possible, which includes using Word accessibility checker on all original files uploaded since September 2018, to make new accessible documents. The website is now on an Accessible platform and the content will be checked quarterly for accessibility by Aubergine.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 25^th January 2021 and will be reviewed quarterly.

This website was last tested on [23rd January 2020. The test was carried out by Aubergine.