Website Accessibility

Accessibility statement for Ashbourne Town Council

This website is run by Ashbourne Town Council, we want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means that you should be able to:

• Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• Zoom in up to 300% without text spilling off the screen and will reflow in a single column
• Navigate most of the website just using a keyboard
• Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• Listen to most of the website using a screen reader AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

How accessible this website is

Some parts of this website may not be accessible:

• Some PDF documents may not be fully accessible to screen reader software
• Some videos and audio may not have captions
• Some text and links may have poor colour contrast
• Maps may be difficult to navigate using screen reader software

How to request content in an accessible format

If you need information in a different format, contact us and tell us:

• The web address (URL) of the content
• Your name and email address
• The format you need, for example, audio CD or large print

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us using the details at the bottom of this website.

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)

Technical information about this website's accessibility

Ashbourne Town 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 AA standard, due to the exemptions listed below.

Non accessible content

Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations:

• Google maps, these may not be accessible to some people, we will always provide the information by alternative means by request.
• Social media share bars may not meet the required colour contrast levels

We do not plan to add captions to live video, as live video is exempt from meeting the regulations.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.

This statement was prepared on 02^nd of November 2022 it was last reviewed on …………………..

We used the methodology described in "Website Accessibility Requirements" produced by NALC. This website was tested using the Microsoft Accessibility Insights for Web tool recommend in that publication.

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