Accessibility Statement for Shepton Beauchamp Parish Council
This accessibility statement applies to the website of Shepton Beauchamp Parish Council
This website is hosted and managed for and by Shepton Beauchamp Parish 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
- 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
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:
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- some older PDF documents (published before September 2018) may not be fully
accessible to screen reader software - there is a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘Contact Us’ page
- documents provided by third parties may not always meet accessibility
standards
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format such as:
- accessible PDF
- large print
- easy read
- audio recording
- braille
please contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Or use the contact form on our website.
We will consider your request and aim to get back to you within 14 days
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 believe we are not meeting accessibility
requirements, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
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.
If you are not satisfied with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) for further advice and support.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Shepton Beauchamp 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.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG) version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed
below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons: Disproportionate
burden.
Documents
Some documents on our website (such as meeting minutes) may not be fully
accessible. We have assessed the cost of correcting these documents and believe that
doing so at present would place a disproportionate burden on the Parish Council
within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
However, we will aim to ensure that new documents are created in an accessible
format wherever possible.
Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDF or other documents published
before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will aim to meet accessibility
standards.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was originally prepared in September 2020.
It was last reviewed in March 2026.
The website was last tested in March 2026. Testing is carried out periodically by
Somerset Web Services and through internal checks to help maintain accessibility
standards.