Accessibility statement for Croxton Parish Council

This website is run by Croxton 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
  • 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 Voice Over)

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 this website is

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

  • the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
  • The moving images on the homepage cannot be paused, or controlled with a keyboard
  • Some parts of the homepage and some headings do not have a strong enough colour contrast

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, please
contact the clerk.

Parish Clerk: clerk@croxton-pc.gov.uk

Having Difficulty? How to report accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not

listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Clerk via

Parish Clerk: clerk@croxton-pc.gov.uk

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 feedback or complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support

Service (EASS).

 

Contacting us by phone or email

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not

listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: the Clerk.

Parish Clerk: clerk@croxton-pc.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you ASAP

 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Parish is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public

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

The majority of this website is compliant with the Web  Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

 

Non-accessible content

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some images may not have a text alternative, in which case some people using a screen reader

cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).

We plan to add text alternatives when we publish new content and aim to ensure our use of images

meets accessibility standards.

 

Disproportionate burden

Navigation and accessing information

It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without

making it more difficult to view the content. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.4

(orientation).

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

fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.4 (resize text).

Legacy Coding issue within the creation of pages way lead some speech readers may have trouble

with the use ’em’ or ‘strong’, or stylesheets, instead of ‘i’, As WordPress evolves we hope this

will resolve.

 

Interactive tools and transactions

Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, because

some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag.

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information, and with

interactive tools and transactions. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate

burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will review this in the

future.

 

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

How we tested this website

These tests are carried out by WAVE

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

  • We will continue to test all our content using our approval process.
  • We will test any new templates, layouts and functions.
  • We will act on and respond to all feedback we receive about issues using the website.

This statement was prepared March 2025.