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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement - Woore Parish Council Website

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.

Accessibility Statement for Woore Parish Council Website

This website is run by Woore 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.

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Woore 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 (https://www.w3.TR.WCAG21/)AA standard. Following a detailed examination of our website’s features against the detailed government checklist we have identified some areas where we are not fully compliant

• It is not possible to navigate the website purely by keyboard

• There is only one way to find content (i.e. no search engine)

• ARIA* (see below for definition) markup has not been used

• Where extra content is shown or hidden on focus, it cannot be dismissed, interacted with (and not disappear when the user moves to it) and does not stay visible until dismissed by the user.

These items have been discussed with our Website designers who are currently working on a rebuild which will incorporate ARIA markup standards and make us fully compliant.

How we tested this website

The website was tested on 15th September 2020. The test was carried out by Helen Jackson, Clerk to Woore Parish Council. We used the WCAG2.1 level AA Primer published by Gov.UK as our checklist. A copy of the checklist questions and the responses are shown as the end of this statement.

What to do if you cannot access part of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like PDF, large print etc. please contact Helen Jackson, Clerk to Woore Parish Council, 5 Bettys Lane, Off London Road, Woore, CW3 9SQ. 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 for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our website. If you find any problems that are not already listed, or you think we are not meeting the accessibility requirements, contact Helen Jackson, Clerk to Woore Parish Council, 5 Bettys Lane, Off London Road, Woore, CW3 9SQ.

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 15th September 2020 by Helen Jackson.

* Definition of ARIA: WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. Currently, certain functionality used in Web sites is not available to some users with disabilities, especially people who rely on screen readers and people who cannot use a mouse. WAI-ARIA addresses these accessibility challenges, for example, by defining new ways for functionality to be provided to assistive technology. With WAI-ARIA, developers can make advanced Web applications accessible and usable to people with disabilities.

Checklist & Responses

This checklist helps developers identify potential accessibility issues affecting their websites or applications. It is broken down into three sections of decreasing importance: A, B and C.

Please check and address these issues in the order in which they appear.

For more detail on accessibility standards, please see WCAG2.0 AA

  • A - Critical issues that will cause serious problems and/or stop most users of assistive technology from using the site
  • B - Issues that may cause problems or increased frustration for certain users
  • C - Minor issues that will cause problems or frustration for a small number of users

It is important to note, while B and C are noted as less critical, they are still required to be truly 508 compliant. This checklist should be used as a reference for development and is not a substitute for compliance checks by a section 508 coordinator.

A - Critical

  1. Site is keyboard accessible
    • All interactions can be accessed with a keyboard
  2. Site is free of keyboard traps
    • The keyboard focus is never trapped in a loop
  3. All form inputs have explicit labels
  4. All relevant images use an image tag
  5. All images have alt attributes
  6. Multimedia is tagged
    • All multimedia has appropriate captioning and audio description
  7. Text has sufficient colour contrast
    • All text has a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 with the background

B - Less Critical

  1. Site never loses focus
    • Focus is always visible when moving through the page with the keyboard
  2. Tab order is logical
  3. Form instructions are associated with inputs
  4. Site does not timeout unexpectedly
    • Identify elements that may “timeout” and verify that the user can request more time
  5. Tables are coded properly
    • Tables have proper headers and column attributes
  6. Headings are nested properly
    • Heading elements are nested in a logical way

C - Minor

  1. Frames are named
    • All frames have a name element
  2. Flashing elements are compliant
    • Elements that flash on screen do so at a rate of less than 3 Hz
  3. Language is set
    • The language for the page is set
    • The language for sections on the page that differ from the site language are set
  4. CSS is not required to use the page
    • The page makes sense with or without CSS
  5. Links are unique and contextual
    • All links can be understood taken alone, i.e ‘Read more - about 508’
  6. Page titles are descriptive
  7. Required plugins are linked on the page

Responses (based on automated test using Wave)

  1. 4 x errors
    • 1 x document language missing (C)
    • 3 x empty table header (B)
  2. 1 x alert
    • 1 x no page regions (C)
  3. 6 x Structural elements
    • 1 x data table (B)
    • 4 x table header cell (B)
    • 1 x heading level 1 (B)

For any questions relating to the accessibility of this website please contact the Clerk, Helen Jackson, at clerk@wooreparishcouncil.org