This accessibility statement applies to content published on the www.moyseshall.org domain.
This website is run by West Suffolk Council. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. For example, that means you should be able to:
We are always working to make the website text as simple as possible to understand.
In accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, we regularly monitor the accessibility standards of our website. To do this, we use a tool called Siteimprove which monitors and tests the website and sends reports to us.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
We know some parts of these websites aren’t fully accessible but we are working where possible to correct this and your help is welcome in spotting anything we have missed:
If you are having issues accessing information on this website or need it in a different format like accessible PDF or large print please contact us.
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We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this our websites. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the West Suffolk Council Communications team by email: communications@westsuffolk.gov.uk. Please include:
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).
Find out how to contact us.
West Suffolk 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 is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions’ listed below.
When last tested on 20 March 2024, the accessibility report showed that the website was 98.5% compliant with the WCAG Level AAA standards.
The accessibility regulations don’t require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
We are working to make sure that any new PDFs or other documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
We work with our suppliers, contractors, and partners to make sure their systems and documentation adhere to the latest Government guidance on accessibility where they are supplying us with content. Where possible this is written into contracts and is part of our procurement procedures.
However, we cannot always guarantee that documents produced by external organisations and members of the public which are published on our website, are always fully accessible. We have to host a considerable number of documents in relation to planning applications, the local plan and neighbourhood plans, and it is not always possible to get all the different organisations to adhere to our accessibility requirements.
If this is the case and you need a document in an accessible format, please contact us.
We don’t plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
We are continually working to improve accessibility. We regularly receive reports form Siteimprove, the automated system we use to check accessibility, quality assurance and search engine optimisation (SEO) and look to resolve issues on a weekly basis. We also respond to any issues identified by visitors to the websites and regularly review pages.
We have an active programme of searching out documents and other issues that do not meet the accessibility guidance. Where we find such issues, we resolve them or replace documents with HTML pages.
We work with our third party suppliers to make sure their systems are as accessible as possible, and to resolve issues as quickly as possible.
This statement was prepared on 20 September 2019. It was last reviewed on 20 March 2024.
This website was last tested on 20 March 2024.
The test was carried out internally by West Suffolk Council, using Siteimprove for automated testing. The regular accessibility report run by Siteimprove shows that the site 99.25% compliant with the A standard (there is an issue appearing Element IDs are not unique which is currently being looked at), 100% compliant with AA standard, and AAA standard (which is above the legal requirement). It also includes best practice scores which bring the overall rating down to 98.5% (there are two issues which are appearing in error - skip to main content link appears when you tab, and all pages do have headings). This means that although we are meeting the legal requirements we are not quite meeting the additional levels of AAA and best practice guidelines. We continue to review the website and review any issues as soon as we can when a warning appears.
Read the full Siteimprove accessibility report – Moyse's Hall website 20 March 2024
This statement was prepared on 20 September 2019. It was last updated on 20 March 2024
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