Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council

Holmer and Shelwick Parish 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.

Measures to support accessibility

Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council:

We try to respond to feedback within .

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Mobile Phones
  • PC and Mac Computers
  • All Tablet devices
  • All known Browsers
  • Screen Readers

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council:

  1. Comments from users: Uploaded images may not have text alternatives because we cannot ensure the quality of contributions.
  2. Scanned documents (PDFs): Some documents may not comply with the Accessibility Regulations but they can be provided in an alternative format or on alternative media, on request.

Assessment approach

Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council assessed the accessibility of Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council
David Hunter-Miller
Clerk to the Council