Website Accessibility Statement (draft)
Brill Parish Council Website Accessibility Statement (v3)
Introduction
This Statement applies to the Brill Parish Council website, whether viewed on a laptop, tablet or mobile phone.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This includes people with impaired vision, motor difficulties, and cognitive impairments or learning disabilities.
An accessible website means the following:
the style should be clear and simple with an easily-read font and good contrast between text and background
the content should be clear, concise and written in Plain English
the pages should be designed so people can navigate using their keyboard, or assistive technology such as a screen reader or speech recognition software
Visit AbilityNet (website opens in new tab) for advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Our commitment & current compliance
Brill Parish Council is committed achieving level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (WCAG website opens in new tab). We recently tested the website using WAVE, a website accessibility evaluation tool (WAVE website opens in new tab). Our WAVE Accessibility IMpact (AIM) score ranged from 9.2/10 to 10/10 across all pages. This is very good - but it could be better.
Known items contributing to non-compliances are as follows.
Non-accessible content
Many of our financial documents (including spreadsheets and audit reports) appear as PDFs. Please contact the Parish Council if you have difficulty accessing these or need further information.
Minutes prior to September 2021 appear as PDFs. Please contact the Parish Council if you have difficulty accessing this information.
Some elements of our online forms are inadequately labeled. We are looking for a solution to this issue. In the meantime, please contact the Parish Council if you need help completing a form.
Some items in ‘collections’ contain duplicate links. We are looking for a solution to this issue.
Note that whilst we try to make sure that websites and documents linked to from the website are also accessible, we cannot guarantee this.
Next steps
In addition to the resolving the issues mentioned above, we will -
test the website using some of these assistive technologies and make necessary adjustments
JAWS and/or NVDA (desktop screen readers)
Windows Magnifier or Apple Zoom (screen magnifiers)
Dragon (speech recognition)
test the mobile version of this website using VoiceOver or TalkBack (mobile screen readers) and make necessary adjustments.
work back through linked PDFs to see if any of these can be converted to webpages (or replaced with more accessible alternatives).
We would also like to include disabled users in testing. Please contact the Parish Council if you can help with this, either personally or by introducing individuals who can help us.
We will update this Accessibility Statement when there are significant changes.
What to do if you can’t access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format - or any other help - please contact the Parish Council and we will work with you to resolve the issue.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (website opens in new tab).
This Statement
Originally written January 29th 2022 by Hannah Hulme Hunter (HHH).
Updated January 21st 2026 by HHH following informal self-assessment.
Further updated February 18th 2026 by HHH after migration to Squarespace 7.1, redesign and in-depth editing, and assessment of accessibility using automated and manual methods.
For review March 2027; earlier if technological advances dictate.
