Spennymoor Town Council is committed to making its website accessible to everyone, regardless of their disability. We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website, whether they are blind, have low vision, use a screen reader, or have another disability.
Our aim is for this website to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard. WCAG is an international standard that defines how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities.
However, there are some areas which we are actively looking to improve. These include:
We are committed to improving the accessibility of our website. We have plugins installed which aid the use of the website, these are regularly monitored and edited where possible to make our website more accessible. When adding new content, we make sure that it is accessible to everyone by adding alternative text to images, using the right colour contrast, and ensuring that the text is easy to read.
Specifically, we take into consideration:
We will continue to monitor the accessibility of our website and will make changes as needed.
Thank you for your understanding.
If you have any questions about the accessibility of our website, please contact us at info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk or call 01388 815276. We are open Monday – Thursday, 8:45 – 17:00, and Friday 8:45 – 16:30.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve the accessibility of our website.