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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Ospringe Parish Council Website

This website is run by Ospringe Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. The website layout and text has been made as simple as possible to understand. Visitors should be able to navigate the website using just a mouse, mouse pointer and keyboard. The government has produced an excellent guide for disabled computer users.

This can be found at AbilityNet (https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/)

It has detailed advice on making your device easier to use. This covers such things as making your screen images and text larger, using a text reader to convert text to sound, using Voice Recognition to control your computer, increasing mouse pointer sizes etc. etc.

Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

The Regulations came into force on 23 September 2018 and implement the EU Directive on the accessibility of websites and mobile apps of public sector bodies. The purpose is to improve the accessibility of public sector websites (including Parish Council sites) so that they can be used by as many people as possible – this builds on the existing obligations to disabled people under the Equality Act 2010 and the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Ospringe 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 compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 (https://www.w3.TR.WCAG21/)AA standard.

What to do if you cannot access part of this website

Some historical Word and PDF documents on this site may not be fully accessible to screen reader software because headings and compatible PDF software were not used at the time. However, where possible we will be happy to provide copies of documents in asuitable form. If you need any information provided on this website in a different format like PDF, large print etc., please contact the parish clerk via the email address [email protected]. We will consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days. If you cannot view the map on our ‘Contact us’ page, please contact us for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We also welcome any comments, feedback or suggestions relating to improving the accessibility of our site. If you find any problems that are not already listed, or you think we are not meeting the accessibility requirements, contact the Parish Clerk via the email address [email protected].

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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) ( https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/).

This statement was prepared on 24 February 2021 by Ospringe Parish Council.