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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for www.westgateonsea.gov.uk

 

Westgate-on-Sea Town Council is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

This accessibility statement applies to www.westgateonsea.gov.uk

This website is run by Westgate-on-Sea Town Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • 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.

 

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

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • live video streams do not have captions
  • you may not be able to skip to the main content when using a screen reader
  • documents supplied by third parties that the Council has no control over

 

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:

  • Email [email protected]
  •  
  • Telephone 01843 836182
  • Write to Westgate-on-Sea Town Council, 78 St Mildreds Road, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent CT8 8RF

 

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 business days.

 

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re 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, contact the Town Clerk by emailing [email protected] or telephone 01843 836182.

 

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (websites and Mobile Applications) (No2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS),

https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/

 

 

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Westgate-on-Sea Town Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

 

Compliance status

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

 

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

 

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

The following is exempt from 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.

You can contact us to provide accessible versions of older PDF documents.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

 

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 19th May 2025. This website is constantly tested for accessibility and was last tested on 13th November 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.