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Accessibility Statement

Great Dawley Town Council is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards. 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)

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. Great Dawley Town Council Website is not assessed with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Not assessed means that the content has not been evaluated or the evaluation results are not available.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Great Dawley Town Council Website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Great Dawley Town Council Website:

  • Phone: 01952 567910
  • E-mail: clerk@greatdawley.com
  • Visitor address: Great Dawley Town Council, 35 High Street, Dawley
  • Postal address: Great Dawley Town Council, 35 High Street, Dawley, Telford, TF4 2EX
  • Twitter: @GreatDawley
  • Facebook: @GreatDawleyTownCouncil
  • Instagram: @greatdawleytc

(We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.)

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Great Dawley Town Council Website 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
• JavaScript


These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Great Dawley Town Council Website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Great Dawley Town Council Website

  • Content on pages and attachments: Some pages and document attachments are not clearly written because Content is provided by various sources and some content quotes guidance from the constitutional role of local councils. We monitor content and feedback from users and will respond to any queries within 2 days. Please contact us on 01952 567910 or email clerk@greatdawley.com if you encounter an issue.
  • Image Descriptions: Users of assistive technologies may not have access to information conveyed in images because Images on some older pages do not always have suitable image descriptions. We are looking into each image that is uploaded to ensure there are adequate descriptions. Please contact us on 01952 567910 or email clerk@greatdawley.com if you encounter an issue.
  • Accessible format of documents: Many documents are in less accessible formats because PDF’s are regularly used and may not be accessible. HTML documents published on or after 1 October 2020 must have an accessible format. Please contact us on 01952 567910 or email clerk@greatdawley.com if you encounter an issue.
  • Images containing text: images contain text which you may not be able to read because Images about events or local partnerships may have text displayed on upload. Putting the text detail onto the content where possible if the image needs to be used. Please contact us on 01952 567910 or email clerk@greatdawley.com if you encounter an issue.

What we have done to improve accessibility

Over the past year, the Town Council has invested in improving our online communication to be more accessibility friendly. These improvements have included:
• Rebuilding the website to be in line with WCAG recommendations.
• Ensuring any new images include Alt text descriptions.
• Videos including closed captions on all platforms where this is possible.
• Testing the colour contrast on any new pages.
• Periodically testing the website accessibility using Google Lighthouse online software
• Ensuring that the website can be easily navigated by now including a search bar and a rebuilt navigation menu.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We plan to identify and fix issues by September 2024 shown for each area above. If the issues cannot be fixed an alternative format will be provided on request.
We are also looking at getting the website formally certified to WCAG 2.1 level AA.
This statement was prepared on 1st October 2020. It was last reviewed on 2nd May 2023. This website was last tested on May 2023. The test was carried out by Great Dawley Town Council. We tested a sample of page types and varieties from our site, with the aim to make sure all types of user journey and the most popular tasks were represented, e.g. the main homepage and also the content listed under service landing pages.

Assessment approach

We complete our accessibility audits by testing how the site performs when accessed using accessibility tools such as WAVE (to test coding elements) and WebAIM Contrast Checker (to test the contrast levels between colours with hexadecimal accuracy).
Great Dawley Town Council assessed the accessibility of Great Dawley Town Council Website by the following approaches:
• Self-evaluation
• Using accessibility testing software such as Google Lighthouse


This Accessibility Statement is approved by: Great Dawley Town Council – Mr Simon Eccleston – Clerk of Great Dawley Town Council
This statement was created on 1st October 2020
This statement was last updated on 1st June 2023

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