Website accessibility
Website accessibility is a work in progress. Please report any difficulties. This page will summarise recent updates, current issues and planned improvements.
- In May 2024, Cuttlefish redesigned the home page and other parts of the site to comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standard.
Work in progress
2Commune tested this website in November 2020 using the Microsoft Accessibility Insights for Web tool, and found it to be fully compliant with the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements. Please see the Accessibility Statement at the foot of this page for more details.
Accessibility is kept under review within an ongoing programme of work to check functionality and improve accessibility across this website.
The Government changed the regulations for fully remote meetings after 7th May 2021. At present, live video is exempt from the accessibility regulations. The addition of captions is not required by legislation and the work involved would add a disproportionate cost burden.
If you find a problem or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact the Parish Clerk via the Contact Us page.
Accessibility and digital understanding
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (known as WCAG) are an internationally recognised set of recommendations for improving web accessibility. They explain how to make digital services, websites and apps accessible to everyone, including users with impairments to their:
- vision - like severely sight impaired (blind), sight impaired (partially sighted) or colour blind people;
- hearing - like people who are deaf or hard of hearing;
- mobility - like those who find it difficult to use a mouse or keyboard;
- thinking and understanding - like people with dyslexia, autism or learning difficulties. (quote from Accessibility and assisted digital understanding WCAG 2.2)