Accessibility Statement

www.ob-pc.gov.uk

This website is run by Oulton Broad 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 using browser or device settings
• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just 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 content uploaded to this website is not fully accessible:

• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• live video streams do not have captions
• you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
• there’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘Contact us’ page, which is provided by a third party (Google)

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact:

Parish Clerk
Oulton Broad parish Council
Broad House

Nicholas Everitt Park
Oulton Broad

Suffolk.

NR33 9JR

Email: clerk@ob-pc.gov.uk

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

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us on clerk@ob-pc.gov.uk for directions

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 think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements please contact the Clerk.

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

Oulton Broad 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.

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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and/or exemptions listed below.

Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

• Older PDF files such as Meeting Minutes and Agendas published before 23rd September 2018.
• Videos.
• Content produced by third parties or using third party software.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

We will do all we can to identify content that is non-compliant.

Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).

When we publish new content we will make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards. Accessibility Statement v24-9.1 Page 3 of 3 Adopted: October 2025 Review Date: October 2026

Disproportionate burden

We have not identified any areas that we believe constitute a disproportionate burden.

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

PDFs and other documents

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. For example, we do not plan to fix meeting agendas or minutes for meetings which were published prior to 23 September 2018.

Any new PDFs or Word documents created by us will meet accessibility standards.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested in October 2025. Tests were carried out by our website provider, Suffolk Cloud.

We tested a sample of pages on our main website platform available at ob-pc.gov.uk:

• our main website platform, available at aldeburghtowncouncil.gov.uk
• services based on a different technical platform but ‘skinned’ to look like our website (Meeting minutes and agendas)

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will provide staff training to ensure that all new content added meets accessibility criteria.

We also run monthly and quarterly reports to identify and address accessibility issues.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21st October 2025. It was last reviewed on 21.10.2025.

This website was last tested in October 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Suffolk Cloud. 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.