Accessibility Statement for Burton-cum-Walden Parish Council
This website is run by Burton-cum-Walden 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 .
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:
- some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
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, large print, easy read,
audio recording or braille, email clerk@burtoncumwalden-pc.gov.uk
We'll consider your request and get back to you in 5 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, contact: clerk@burtoncumwalden-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 complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
We are a very small parish council and as such we are unable to provide a text relay service for people who are deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.
Technical information about this website's accessibility
Burton-cum-Walden 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.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
Non compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some landmarks in some pages are incorrectly located. This may impact users who use screen readers. We are actively working on solutions to this and plan to have each landmark correctly located by September 2020.
Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).
We plan to add text alternatives for all images by 30th April 2025. When we publish new content we'll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards. .
PDFs and other documents
Some of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards; for example, they may not be structured so they're accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).New PDFs will be updated to meet Accessibility guidelines.
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.
How we tested this website
This website was last tested on 24th March 2025. The test was carried out by HarryAdney Internet Services.
What we're doing to improve accessibility
We are actively working through each non-compliant issue and aim to have the website fully compliant by 30th April 2025.
This statement was prepared on 21st March 2025. It was last updated on 25th April 2025.