Accessibility

Accessibility Statement for Kings Hill Parish Council Website

This accessibility statement applies to kingshillparish.gov.uk. This Council’s website kingshillparish.gov.uk has been developed for and is managed by Kings Hill Parish Council.

Using this website

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 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 this website is

We know some parts of our website are not fully accessible. Some downloadable PDF documents aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information from this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille, please contact us by email admin@kingshillparish.gov.uk or call us on 01732 870382.

We’ll consider your request and respond as soon as we can.

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 are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us by email admin@kingshillparish.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 complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about kingshillparish.gov.uk’s accessibility

Kings Hill 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.

Compliance status

Kingshillparish.gov.uk is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

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

PDFs and other documents

Older PDFs (and Word documents) don’t meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be marked up so they’re accessible to a screen reader.

Some of our PDFs (and Word Documents) are essential to providing our services. The accessibility regulations don’t require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards unless we determine that they represent a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 5 November 2023.

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