Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for https://carhamparishcouncil.gov.uk

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This website is run by Carham 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:

  • 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 (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. Link to AbilityNet

How accessible is this website?

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible:

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • PDF documents published before September 2018 are exempt

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, contact the Parish Clerk, Isabel Hunter:

Email: Use this link to email the Parish Clerk

Call: (01289) 306 365

Address: Morven. 11 Springhill Lane, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 2QN

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 3 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Parish Clerk, Isabel Hunter:

Email: Use this link to email the Parish Clerk

Call: (01289) 306 365

Address: Morven. 11 Springhill Lane, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 2QN

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). Link to Equality Advisory and Support Service

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

Find out how to contact us. Link to Contact page on this website

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Carham 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 framework is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard. Some content is partially compliant, due to the non-compliance listed below.

Non-accessible content

  • Some documents are not accessible, as they have been scanned.
  • Some documents may not be fully accessible, but are based on standard templates/documents provided, for example, by the county council or National Association of Local Councils.
  • Other non-accessible content may include, for example, pdf files that have not been saved in the accessible pdf/a format, and pdf files that consist of scanned images

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

PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents don’t meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.

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. For example, we don’t plan to fix all minutes and agendas published before September 2018. Link to Regulation 4 of The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

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


What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We review our website for improvements in accessibility on a twice-yearly basis and will make updates to the site when required.


Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 2nd March 2026.