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Accessibility Statement

Alcester Town 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 accessibility statement applies to alcester-tc.gv.uk.

Alcester Town Council is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards. 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 200% 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 (eg: NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access))

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

How accessible this website is

Alcester Town Council takes the following measures to ensure accessibility. However:

  • Some parts may not be fully compatible with screen readers
  • You may not be able to access all content by using the keyboard alone
  • Not all media will have a transcript or be subtitled
  • Some text may not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window and at certain levels of magnification
  • Some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this site. Please contact us via one of the following methods:

  • Phone: 01789 766084
  • Email: clerk@alcester-tc.gov.uk
  • Postal Address: Alcester Town Council, Globe House, Priory Road, Alcester, B49 5DZ

We aim to respond to feedback within 5 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 complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Alcester Town 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:

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines( WCAG ) 2.2 level AA.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the known accessibility issues listed below.

Known accessibility issues

Despite our best efforts users may experience some issues. This is a description of known accessibility issues. Please contact us if you observe an issue that is not listed.

We aim to improve our websites accessibility on a regular and continuous basis.

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

Maps

It is unlikely that the maps used on the website are fully accessible with all assistive technologies. However maps are currently not within the scope of the regulations.

PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards. For example, they may not be structured in a way that is accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. We will try to ensure any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards and where we find any that are not accessible we will rectify this as soon as possible.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

This site is designed to be compatible with the following browsers:

  • Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge

Technologies

Accessibility of this site relies on the following technologies to work:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • PHP
  • MYSQL

Assessment methods

Alcester Town Council assessed the accessibility of this site using the following method:

  • Self-evaluation: The site was evaluated internally by the company or organisation.

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This accessibility statement has been approved by:

Alcester Town Council

This statement was created on 16/09/2020.

Approved at Full Council 7th November 2023

This statement was reviewed on 04/12/2025.