{"id":2581,"date":"2019-10-24T09:17:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T09:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/?page_id=2581"},"modified":"2019-10-24T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T09:17:56","slug":"accessibility-statement-for-swalcliffe-village-website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/parish-council\/accessibility-statement-for-swalcliffe-village-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility statement for Swalcliffe Village Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This website is run by Swalcliffe Parish Council on behalf of the village. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>change colours, contrast levels and fonts<\/li>\n<li>zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen<\/li>\n<li>navigate most of the website using just a keyboard<\/li>\n<li>listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk\/\"><strong>AbilityNet<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How accessible this website is<br \/>\n<\/strong>We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software<\/li>\n<li>you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What to do if you cannot access parts of this website<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council at 01295 276229 or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:swalcliffepc@btinternet.com\">swalcliffepc@btinternet.com<\/a><\/strong>. We\u2019ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as we can.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporting accessibility problems with this website<br \/>\n<\/strong>We\u2019re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we\u2019re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact the Clerk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enforcement procedure<br \/>\n<\/strong>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 \u2018accessibility regulations\u2019). If you\u2019re not happy with how we respond to your complaint,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equalityadvisoryservice.com\/\">contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical information about this website\u2019s accessibility<br \/>\n<\/strong>Swalcliffe 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.<br \/>\nThis website is partially compliant with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/\"><strong>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0AA standard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non compliance with the accessibility regulations<br \/>\n<\/strong>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).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content that\u2019s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PDFs and other documents<br \/>\n<\/strong>Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards &#8211; for example, they may not be structured so they\u2019re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).<br \/>\nAny new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.<br \/>\nThis statement was approved at the meeting of Swalcliffe Parish Council on 21<sup>st<\/sup> October 2019. It was last updated on 21<sup>st<\/sup> October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website is run by Swalcliffe Parish Council on behalf of the village. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/parish-council\/accessibility-statement-for-swalcliffe-village-website\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2581\/revisions\/2583"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swalcliffe-pc.gov.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}