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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for Epperstone Parish Council

This accessibility statement applies to www.epperstoneparishcouncil.gov.uk

This website is run by Epperstone 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 using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 500% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or 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 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:

[Note: use this section to provide a summary of accessibility issues that a disabled user can act on - for example, avoid a particular section of the website, or request an alternative version rather than waste time trying to make it work with their assistive technology. Try to list in order of most impact to least impact.]

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: Epperstone Parish Council Clerk – Terri Dixon at Clerk@epperstoneparishcouncil.gov.uk

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

  • clerk@epperstoneparishcouncil.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 working days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, email us for directions.

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

Epperstone 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 fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Disproportionate burden:

Content automatically generated by Hugo Fox

Some of the text has been highlighted as ‘very small’ or having ‘very low contrast’. There are also some empty links, which are generated by HugoFox and cannot be edited by Epperstone Parish Council. It is not possible to edit or change this text or the links highlighted in the assessment – but we will continue to liaise with HugoFox to attempt to fix these errors as soon as possible.

PDFs and other documents

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.

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

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 02/03/2026. It was last reviewed on 02/03/2026. It will be reviewed on an annual basis.

This website was last tested on 02/03/2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by the Epperstone Parish Council Clerk using WAVE Evaluation Tool extension.