Measures to support accessibility
Bow Brickhill Parish Council takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Bow Brickhill Parish Council:
- Includes accessibility as part of our mission statement.
- Use Google Translate to offer the web site in a multitude of languages
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. Bow Brickhill 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.
Consistent page headings and titles
A consistent heading structure has been used so that page information is compatible with access technology.
Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology
This web site has been 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 this web site 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
We are constantly working to make our website as accessible and usable as possible. However, despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Bow Brickhill Parish Council web site, there may be some limitations. This is just a very small Parish Council with only one Clerk in charge of the web site and no IT department. We also have very limited funds to pay for external help from programmers. Therefore, it’s possible that you may find some areas which are not as accessible as they could be. Be assured however, that we are aware of most of them and are gradually working through them to make this site available to all.
Assessment approach
Bow Brickhill Parish Council assessed the accessibility through the following approaches:
- Self-evaluation
External Help
AbilityNet provides guidance about how to:
- make your mouse easier to use (opens in new window)
- use your keyboard instead of a mouse (opens in new window)
- talk to your device (opens in new window)
- make your device talk to you (opens in new window)
- make text larger (opens in new window)
- change your colours (opens in new window)
- magnify the screen (opens in new window)
Leave feedback
We are always happy to receive feedback. Please drop a line to clerk@bowbrickhill-pc.gov.uk to let us know about any problems you may have experienced with this site.
