This website is run by Winfrith Newburgh and East Knighton Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website and 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 this website is
We know that some of the content uploaded onto this website is not fully accessible:
- Most older pdf documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- Live video streams do not have captions
- There’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page
Feedback and contact information
If you would like information on this website in a different format, such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact us:
- Email: winfrithparishclerk@gmail.com
- Call: 01305 853659
- Write to us at: WNEKPC Parish Clerk, c/o Spring Garden, Blacknoll, Winfrith Newburgh, DT2 8LN
We’ll consider your request and respond to you in 10 working days.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions: https://www.dorsetparishes.gov.uk/council/wnekpc/contact-your-council/
Reporting 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 that we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us:
Post:
WNEKPC Parish Clerk
c/o Spring Garden
Blacknoll
Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8LN
Email: winfrithparishclerk@gmail.com
Tel: 01305 853659
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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
You are welcome to visit us in person by attending one of our regular Parish Council meetings, forthcoming dates and venues for which can be found by clicking here: PC MEETINGS.
Find out how to contact us by clicking here: CONTACT US
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Winfrith Newburgh and East Knighton 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
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Maps displayed by Google Maps – we don’t control how Google Maps displays information, but where possible we provide addresses within the web page’s text (via HTML). When Google makes their map output accessible, we will update our technology accordingly
Pictures of events or information posters, when provided by a third party – where possible we provide the information from the picture, within the web page’s text (via HTML). We encourage all providers of such images to provide accessible alternatives.
Written documents submitted by third parties for publication on this website may not be in accessible formats and we may not be able to source accessible versions of them. Examples include scanned-in financial documents from external auditors on our FINANCE page. Non-accessible documents will have the suffixed phrase ‘NOT ACCESSIBLE’ in their file name.
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.
Interactive Maps
Maps displayed by Google Maps – we don’t control how Google Maps displays information, but where possible we provide addresses within the web page’s text (via HTML). When Google makes their map output accessible, we will update our technology accordingly.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018, if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix any financial documents preceding that date, as some of them are scanned paper documents.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish ourselves will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will provide training to ensure that all councillors responsible for adding new content to the website are able to ensure it complies with accessibility criteria, wherever possible.
We run quarterly reports to identify and address accessibility issues.
This statement was prepared on 01st November 2021. It was last updated on 01st November 2021.
Preparation of this accessibility statement