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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to rushcliffe.gov.uk

This website is run by Rushcliffe Borough Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve 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 parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Live video streams do not have captions

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, or you need information on this website in a different format:

  • email media@rushcliffe.gov.uk
  • call 0115 981 9911

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

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

Rushcliffe Borough 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

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

Non-accessible content

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

We endeavour to make our PDFs and Word documents published on the website accessible. However, there may be some documents which aren’t fully accessible. We are replacing non html documents to improve accessibility for all visitors to this website.

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

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

All policies and strategies have an accessible html webpage version. We also create an accessible webpage for many other documents. This is an ongoing process and old PDFs will be replaced over time.

Please see the list of accessible web documents currently available.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21 January 2025.

This website was last tested on 24 December 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Shaw Trust Accessibility Services. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

You can read the full accessibility test report - Shaw Trust Accessibility Services - Rushcliffe Borough Council.

 

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