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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for mabeparish.gov.uk

This website is run by Mabe 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 (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

 

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible to mobile users:

 

you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text

Feedback and contact information

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

 

email: clerk@mabeparish.gov.uk

call: 07756 650 604

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 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: Andrew Bishop MBE PSLCC, Parish Clerk, by email: clerk@mabeparish.gov.uk or tel: 07756 650 604

 

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

Mabe 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 partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

 

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

 

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

images: some images do not have an alt text alternative (including null alt text as appropriate), failing success criterion 1.1.1.

social media links: the various social media links are low-contrast and so difficult to view. These links are not clearly described for screen readers and some links on the privacy policy page are presented as a full URL. These fail success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (A). This is a matter for the website provider to resolve)

We plan to address these issues in coming months, scheduled to be reviewed in January 2027, and will develop a Roadmap to Compliance, to be published once finalised.

 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

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 wherever possible. If they do not (eg signed documents) an accessible version without signatures will be made available on request.

 

Live video

 

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

 

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Our accessibility roadmap (to be finalised and then published), shows how and when we plan to improve accessibility on this website.

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 4 December 2025. It is due to be reviewed in January 2027.

 

This website was last tested on 2 Dec 25. The test was carried out by the Parish Clerk and was based on taking a sample of pages, checking each for compliance using an online accessibility compliance tool.