Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to www.kimboltonandstonely-pc.gov.uk

This website is run by Kimbolton & Stonely 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:

• Change colours, contrast levels, and fonts using browser or device settings.
• Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
• Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
• Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWs, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have 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 Accessibile this Website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text.

Feedback and Contact Information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements contact: clerk@kimboltonadnstonely-pc.gov.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email clerk@kimboltonandstonely-pc.gov.uk
• use our website contact form Click Here

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.

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 complaints, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical Information about this Websites Accessibility

The Kimbolton & Stonely Parish Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobiles Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance Status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA Standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA Standard, due to insert 

Non Accessible Content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

NonCompliance with the accessibility regulations

Some PDFs published since September 2018 are not in an accessible format, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. We plan to replace these with alternatives by June 2024. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of PDFs meets accessibility standards.

It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content. 

It is not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Live video.

We do not plan to add captions to live streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

This statement was prepared on the 20th May 2024. It was last reviewed on the 20th May 2024.

This website was last tested on 20th May 2024 against the WCAG 2.1 AA Standard.

The test was carried out by ArloCreative. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website page by page was carried out using multipled accessibility browser plugins, such as the following:

• WebAim by WAVE
• Axe Browser Plugin
• Arc Browser Plugin
• EqualWeb Accessibility Browser Plugin.