Accessibility statement for Barrowby Parish Council website

This accessibility statement applies to the Barrowby Parish Council website. It does not apply to any other website.

This website is run by Barrowby Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

For example, this means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts using your browser or device settings
• 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 recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver

We have 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

This website is intended to be accessible and is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

The website has been checked using the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. No accessibility issues were identified during the Council’s most recent WAVE check.

We will continue to review the website and address accessibility issues where they are identified.

Feedback and contact information

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:

Email: clerk@barrowbyparishcouncil.org.uk

Telephone: 07710 087124

We will consider your request and aim to respond within 14 days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

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

Email: clerk@barrowbyparishcouncil.org.uk

Telephone: 07710 087124

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

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

PDFs and other documents

Some older PDFs or other documents may not be fully accessible.

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. For example, we do not plan to fix documents for meetings that took place before 23 September 2018 or newsletters published before 23 September 2018.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will aim to meet accessibility standards. Where this is not possible, we will provide the information in an accessible format on request.

How we tested this website

This website was last checked using the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool.

No accessibility issues were identified during the WAVE check.

The website was tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Barrowby Parish Council.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 27 January 2021.

It was last reviewed and updated on 6 May 2026.