Accessibility statement for March Town Council
This website is run by March Town Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. Therefore we have included the following functions on our website:
- invert colours, dark contrast, light contrast and desaturate
- highlight website links
- enlarge website text and increase text spacing
- pause any animations within the website
- dyslexia friendly font modifications
- cursor enlargement and reading line assistance
These functions are provided by our accessibility widget by Userway on our website.
How accessible this website is
Our website is partially accessible. This is because some of our uploaded documents are not fully accessible.
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:
- email office@marchtowncouncil.gov.uk
- call 01354 653709
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email office@marchtowncouncil.gov.uk.
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’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
March 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 is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard due to the non-compliances listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some of our documents are not fully accessible. We are in the process of reviewing these documents to fix their accessibility. Priority is being given to the documents used by our most vulnerable residents and that are downloaded the most.
Testing our website
This website was last tested on 8th of February 2021. We did automated testing using siteimprove.com accessibility test.
We tested a number of pages that included a wide range of functionality from www.marchtowncouncil.gov.uk. This included our home and contact us page.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will regularly review the accessibility of this website with automated testing using the siteimprove.com accessibility tools. We will also conduct manual testing exercises and review any issues reported by website users. We will work with our website provider to make improvements.
This statement was prepared on 8th of February 2021.