Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for Lowside Quarter Parish Council

This accessibility statement applies to https://lowsidequarterpc.co.uk/.

This website is run by Lowside Quarter Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. 

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
  • our current website template needs updating to improve accessibility (see specifics below in “Non-accessible content”)

We are currently working to highlight any other accessibility issues.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: lowsidequarterpc@gmail.com

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

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Lowside Quarter 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.

Compliance status

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

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

  • Broken ARIA reference within website template (WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value))
  • Duplicate links to “Home” page within website template, one without discernable text (WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.4 (Link Purpose (In Context)) and 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value))
  • Document requires a main landmark for navigation (best practice)
  • Touch targets within the sidebar navigation require a larger area (best practice)

We plan to fix the above issues with the current website template by October 2026.

Disproportionate burden

No accessibility issues to list in this section.

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, any Meeting Minutes published before this date.

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

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are continually working to highlight and improve any accessibility issues. We plan to fix these issues where possible, improve areas that cannot be fixed and make users aware of all accessibility issues which may affect their experience of our website.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 24th February 2026. It was last reviewed on 24th March 2026.

This website was last tested on 24th March 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Lowside Quarter Parish Council. All pages were tested using automated WCAG 2.2 AA compliance testing tools, including WAVE and Lighthouse.