Website Accessibility

Accessibility statement for

Woolbeding with Redford Parish Council Website

This accessibility statement applies to website www.woolbedingwithredford-pc.co.uk.

This website is run by Woolbeding with Redford 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 VoiceOver)

We’ve also tried to make 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 and we are working to improve this. Known issues are:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader


Feedback and contact information


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

email: clerk@woolbedingwithredford-pc.co.uk.

call: 01730 814384

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

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 we’re not meeting accessibility requirements please contact the clerk.

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

Woolbeding with Redford 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 listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some images may not have a text alternative, for example page banners, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. We plan to correct these, where possible, by the end of January 2021. When we publish new content we’ll make sure images meet accessibility standards.

Some links may not be based on descriptive text. We plan to correct these by the end of January 2021. When we publish new content we’ll make sure links meet accessibility standards.

Some PDF and Microsoft Word documents may not meet accessibility standards. We plan to reformat these, where possible, by the end of January 2021. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our documents meet accessibility standards.

Some links and headings may come across as Redundant Title Text. We are investigating this and will update this statement before the end of January 2021.

Disproportionate Burden

None identified at this time

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 by a third party

  • published by us before 23 September 2018

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

All images, links and documents which we have published since 23 September 2018 will be checked and corrected before the end of January 2021.

Redundant Title Text will be investigated and fixed, if necessary, before the end of January 2021.

We will ensure all new content meets the accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 11.12.2020. It was last reviewed on 11.12.2020.

This website was last tested on 11.12.2020. The test was carried out by Woolbeding with Redford Parish Council.

We tested the Home page and 9 additional pages:

  • manually

  • using the ChromeVox screen reader (Chromebooks have a built-in screen reader called ChromeVox, which enables people with visual impairments to use the Chrome operating system)

  • using the WAVE. Currently WAVE does not produce a printable report.