Gorsley & Kilcot Parish Council are committed to ensuring accessibility on our website.
This website is checked regularly to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.2 AA regulations.
If any areas of this website are not compliant they will be listed in this statement with the details of non-compliance and the actions that will be taken.
Preparation of this Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement was prepared on 16th April 2026.
The statement was last reviewed on 16th April 2026.
This website was last tested for accessibility on 16th April 2026.
The testing was carried out by Gorsley & Kilcot Parish Council. All pages have been tested for compliance using WAVE accessibility checker and a manual basic accessibility check as outlined on gov.uk.
This accessibility statement applies to this website run by Gorsley & Kilcot Parish Council (www.gorsleykilcot-pc.gov.uk)
How accessible this website is
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.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Gorsley & Kilcot Parish Council is committed to making their website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. This website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.
Non-accessible Content
We believe that all content that is required to be accessible meets the requirements of WCAG 2.2 AA.
Documents
Some of the documents uploaded to the website are PDFs, in most cases these have been authored with accessibility in mind, however, some PDFs are scans of documents that are unfortunately not able to be provided in another format online, to request or discuss information from one of these documents please contact the clerk who will be happy to assist.
The Council is working on updating PDFs to accessible html format where possible.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs and other documents published before 23rd September 2028 if they are not essential to providing our services.
Making the website easier to use
For advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability please check the AbilityNet website.
Feedback and reporting accessibility problems with this website
If you find any accessibility problems on this website or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements please inform the Clerk.
If you need any information on this website in a different format please make a request to the clerk.
Contact details for the clerk can be found on the Contact Us Page of this website.
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).