Accessibility statement for Hawkwell Parish Council website

This Accessibility Statement applies to Hawkwell Parish Council’s website.

Hawkwell 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 is run by Hawkwell 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 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)
• find clear and consistent headings, titles and links.

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;
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software;
• you cannot ‘skip to the main content’ when using a screen reader;
• there is a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page which is provided by a 3rd party.

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, or if you need to report any feedback/compliance failures please contact:

• info@hawkwellparishcouncil.gov.uk
• 01702 207710

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 15 working days.

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).

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 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: 

• Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Old PDFs may not be fully accessible. 

Navigation and accessing information: There is no "skip to main content" link.

• Disproportionate burden

Documents created prior to May 2026 may not be fully accessible and due to limited resources, this would be a disproportionate burden to recreate them.

Our team took a document accessibility course in April 2026 and we are committed to ensuring all new documents created will be accessible from Q2.

If you require a specific document, then please contact us on 01702 207710 or email info@hawkwellparishcouncil.gov.uk.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Our team took a document accessibility course in April 2026 hence all new documents created will be accessible from Q2.

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

This statement was prepared on 22nd April 2026. It was last reviewed in March 2026.

The website will be reviewed annually.

This website was last tested on 22nd April 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by Weave-a-Web.