Website Accessibility Statement

We want everyone who visits our website to be able to access the full range of services available, regardless of their skill or technology.

The current version of this website was launched in 2016, but some individual elements of it may not have been updated since then.

How accessible the site is

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible. We have an action plan and are working to put this right.

What to do if you have problems or queries

If you have any accessibility problems or feedback, please email us at info@bishopaucklandtownteam.org

If you need to contact us about any other issues, please use our contact us page.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Bishop Auckland Town Team 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.

Under the Equality Act 2010 we must ensure we do not unlawfully discriminate in our service delivery and make reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities where necessary. We are constantly working to improve the accessibility and usability of our site.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

PDFs: some PDFs are not machine readable, failing success criterion 1.1.1
PDFs: some are missing headings or headings do not cascade correctly, which fails success criterion 1.1.3
PDFs: some are not tagged, which fails success criterion 1.1.3
PDFs: some do not have a title or the titles are weak, failing success criterion 2.4.2
PDFs: some PDFs do not specify a default language, failing success criterion 3.1.1

Accessibility Roadmap

As stated in the non-compliance section, the known issues are listed below:

Content – associated PDFs on this website.

We are aware of the issues within the content on this website and we are in the process of creating a remediation plan. We will update this statement with a date to work towards shortly.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs/documents (pre September 2018): 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.
Pre-recorded audio and video published before 23 September 2020.
Live audio and video.