Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Dodcott-cum-Wilkesley Parish Council website.

This website is run by Dodcott-cum-Wilkesley Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use it. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
• zoom in up to 400% 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

We have also tried to make the text on this website 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 some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• some older PDF documents, such as past agendas, minutes and newsletters, are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• we have not yet completed a full accessibility audit of every page, so there may be problems we have not found

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact the Parish Clerk:

• email clerk@dodcottcumwilkesleyparish.gov.uk
• call 07518 433681

If you need information on this website in a different format, such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact us using the details above. We will consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.

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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Dodcott-cum-Wilkesley 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

We have carried out a review of the page banners, text, images, headings, link text and form labels on this website, but not yet a full audit against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. Until a full audit is done we cannot list every success criterion that is not met.

We will update this statement with any issues found, and the dates we plan to fix them, once a full audit is complete.

Disproportionate burden

We are not currently claiming disproportionate burden for any part of this website.

Content that is 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 are not essential to providing our services. Some older meeting agendas and minutes fall into this category.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards as far as we are able.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are reviewing the website to find and fix accessibility problems, starting with the pages residents use most. So far we have:

• checked the text on every page banner and corrected placeholder or repeated wording
• written clear descriptions (alternative text) for the images used on the website, so screen reader users know what each picture shows
• darkened the placeholder text inside form fields to give a contrast ratio of about 7:1
• corrected the heading order on articles and the privacy policy, and added a main heading to the error pages

We will update this statement as further improvements are made.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 10 November 2026. It was last reviewed on 10 November 2026.

This website was last partially tested on 10 November 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The test was carried out by the website supplier, ThenMedia, and covered banner text, image descriptions, headings, link text, form labels and form text contrast.