{"id":780,"date":"2022-08-08T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T12:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forummediatestsite.co.uk\/natc\/?page_id=780"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:32:51","slug":"accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forummediatestsite.co.uk\/natc-staging\/accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"780\" class=\"elementor elementor-780\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42be021 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42be021\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column 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disability.<\/p><p><strong>How accessible is this website?<\/strong><\/p><p>We know some parts of the website aren\u2019t fully accessible:<\/p><ul><li>you can\u2019t modify the line height or spacing text<\/li><li>our pdf documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software<\/li><li>you cannot skip to the main content when using the tab button or screen reader<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>What to do if you can\u2019t access parts of this website<\/strong><\/p><p>If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording for example please use the details below to request:<\/p><p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:townclerk@newalresford-tc.gov.uk\">townclerk@newalresford-tc.gov.uk<\/a><\/p><p>Call:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 01962 732079<\/p><p>We\u2019ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days to discuss options.<\/p><p><strong>Reporting accessibility problems with this website<\/strong><\/p><p>We\u2019re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.\u00a0 If you find any problems that aren\u2019t listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Town Clerk by phone or email as detailed under the previous heading.<\/p><p><strong>Enforcement Procedure<\/strong><\/p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the \u2018accessibility regulations\u2019).\u00a0 If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.equalityadvisoryservice.com\/\">the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/p><p>Town Clerk<\/p><p>By post: Alresford Recreation Centre, The Avenue, Alresford SO24 9EP<\/p><p>In person: Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm at the above address.<\/p><p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:townclerk@newalresford-tc.gov.uk\">townclerk@newalresford-tc.gov.uk<\/a><\/p><p>Tel: 01962 732079<\/p><p><strong>Technical information about this website\u2019s accessibility<\/strong><\/p><p>New Alresford Town Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) (No2) Accessibility Regulations 2018<\/p><p>This website is currently partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.<\/p><p><strong>Non accessible content<\/strong><\/p><p>The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons<\/p><p><strong>Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations<\/strong><\/p><p>Some of our PDF documents do not meet accessibility standards \u2013 for example, they may not be structured so they are accessible to a screen reader.\u00a0 This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value)<\/p><p>Some externally supplied or scanned PDFs may not be fully compliant.\u00a0 We have no control over these documents but can supply these documents in an alternative format on request.<\/p><p><strong>Disproportionate burden<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Navigation and accessing information<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>There\u2019s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a \u201cskip to main content\u201d option).\u00a0<\/li><li>Not all drop down content is navigable using just the tab key<\/li><li>On the homepage, the tab key gets caught in the Facebook feed<\/li><li>Homepage banner images may not display ALT-TEXT as descriptive text of the image<\/li><li>Some different colours may need to be chosen for greater contrast<\/li><\/ul><p>We\u2019ve assessed the cost of fixing issues with navigation.\u00a0 We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.\u00a0 We are in the process of reviewing the accessibility of our website with our website provider with the aim of being fully compliant by 2021. \u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Content that\u2019s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>PDFs and other documents<\/strong><\/p><p>Our older PDFs do not meet accessibility standards \u2013 for example, they are not structured so they\u2019re accessible to a screen reader. 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