Leven Parish Council Accessibility Statement
This website is run by Leven 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:
- 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 aren’t fully accessible:
- some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- scanned end of year financial documents are not accessible. There is a requirement under The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 to publish these documents with ‘wet’ signatures which can only be achieved by scanning. However, the information from these documents can be obtained from the Clerk during the period of exercise of public rights each year.
- some Financial Reports are not fully accessible to screen reader software
What to do if you cannot access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording for example, please use the details below to request:
Email: clerk@levenpc.co.uk
Tel: 07752 161326
We will consider your request and get back to you in 15 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the clerk:
Email: clerk@levenpc.co.uk
Tel: 07752 161326
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).
Contact Leven Parish Council
Ann Woodward (Interim Clerk)
c/o The Kingfishers,
Main Street,
Long Riston
HU17 5LF
Email: clerk@levenpc.co.uk
Tel: 07752 161326
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Leven 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 currently partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1
AA standard, due to the noncompliance’s listed below.
There may be pages with Read more / click here links. See WCAG 2.4 Success Criterion 4.4 (Link Purpose (In Context))
There may be some pages where there are stray end tags. See WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.1 (Parsing).
Many of our older PDFs and Word documents don’t meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. See WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).
We plan to review documents dated September 2018 onwards and where possible, reformat so they’re accessible to a screen reader by 31 December 2020. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure, where possible, that documents meet accessibility standards.
Some images on the website pages may not have a text alternative, so the information on them isn’t available to people using a screen reader. See WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). We plan to add text alternatives for all images by 31 December 2020. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
How we tested this website
This website was tested both manually and automatically prior to the writing of this statement. The tests were carried out by Getextra Web Design.
Last updated 3 December 2020.