Accessibility information

Accessibility statement for: www.wimborne.gov.uk

This website is run by Wimborne Minster Town Council and the website provider Aubergine 262. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• 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 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

We know some content uploaded to this website is not fully accessible: older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact the Town Council.

Email: office@wimborne.gov.uk

Call: 01202 881655

Write to us or visit us at: Wimborne Minster Town Council, The Town Hall, 37 West Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1LT

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:

The Town Clerk, Wimborne Minster Town Council, The Town Hall, 37 West Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1LT

Email: office@wimborne.gov.uk

Call: 01202 881655

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

Wimborne Minster Town Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website framework is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard. Some content is partially compliant, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

Some pages may contain attachments which are not currently compliant, such as:

Older PDF files such as Meeting Minutes and Agendas published before 23rd September 2018.

Videos

Content produced by third parties or using third party software.

Interactive Maps

Maps displayed by Google Maps – we do not control how Google Maps displays information, but where possible we provide addresses in accessible formats within the web page’s text (via HTML). When Google makes their map output accessible, we will update our technology accordingly

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

We will do all we can to identify content that is non-compliant.

Disproportionate burden

We have not identified any areas that we believe constitute a disproportionate burden.

Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Not all documents on this website are created by us. Some documents and content may be created by third parties or using third party software. Where this is the case we will endeavour, on request, to obtain an accessible copy from the original source or to convey the information contained in the document in an accessible way.

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they are accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

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. For example, we do not plan to fix meeting agendas or minutes for meetings which were published prior to 23 September 2018.

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.

Any new PDFs or Word documents created by us will meet accessibility standards.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested in May 2024. Tests were carried out by both internal systems and our website provider, Aubergine 262.

We tested our main website platform, available at www.wimborne.gov.uk

 

We provide staff training to ensure that all content meets accessibility criteria.

We also run monthly quarterly compliance reports

Updated on 27 January 2025