General Usage and Compliance

Changing the size of text

Press CTRL key and + key together to make everything on this site appear bigger.  Press CTRL key and – key together to make everything on this site appear smaller.

You can also use your browser to make the text on this site larger or smaller.  For example, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on “View” from the standard toolbar at the top of your screen, then select “Text Size”. You will then be able to make the text “larger” or “largest” or “smaller” or smallest”.  If you are using Firefox you can click “View” in the toolbar and select “Zoom”. If you make the text size larger, the pages will become longer and you will need to scroll down further to reach the bottom of the page.

W3C Compliance

The website has been designed to comply with the guidelines issued by W3C/WAI.

Visual design

  • Colours – We have tried to use colours throughout the Web site that provide maximum contrast between foreground and background items and also various features on the page including headers, body text and hyperlinks.
  • Images – All graphics and images throughout the Web site have been assigned an Alt-text attribute, which describes the contents or function of the item.
  • Hyperlinks – We have chosen high contrast colours for all active hyperlink text items to make them accessible and recognisable.
  • CSS – Style-sheets have been used for all visual items and text.

Translation

Should you wish to translate any of our web pages, use the “select language” drop down at the bottom of any page to use the free Google translation service.

The Breadcrumb Trail

We use a navigational aid on all of our web pages known as a breadcrumb trail. The breadcrumb trail is a set of clickable links which enables you to trace where you are within the website. It also tells users who join the website from a search engine, whereabouts they are within the website. As you move through the website, a link is added to the Breadcrumb Trail at each level. The Breadcrumb Trail is located in the page title bar at the top of every page and looks something like this: Home > Local Information > Tennis Courts.

Searching This Site

If you cannot find what you want by visiting one of the sections above you can try using our Search facility by clicking the magnifying glass icon which is in the top right hand corner of each page in the navigation menu.

You can also use www.google.co.uk to search only our site by entering site:brayparishcouncil.co.uk followed by a space and then your search term. For example, if you wanted to search the BPC website for planning information you would enter site:brayparishcouncil.co.uk planning into the google search box.

Contact Us

You can click on the “Contact” link from the top of every page to see the different ways you can contact the council.

Site Map

The site map is available from the top of every page and provides an overview of the site’s structure and a breakdown of each section and its relevant sub-sections.

Improving Access

AbilityNet offers support and information to anyone with a disability of impairment to help improve their access to digital technology. Advice for users of different operating systems can also be found at Microsoft and Apple.

Reporting accessibility problems

If you are unable to access information or a document on this website and would like to request an alternative format you can email us at clerk@brayparishcouncil.gov.uk or call us on 01628 777997.

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 are not satisfied with how we respond to your complaint, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Bray 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 compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Documents

Wherever possible, the documents on this website are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF is a universal field format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics and layout of any source document regardless of the application and platform used to create it. Adobe® PDF files can be shared, viewed and printed by anyone with free Adobe Reader® software, which can be downloaded via the following link:  https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/.

Content that does not fall within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Some of our older PDFs and Word documents may not meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader.

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.

We will however, endeavour to update older PDFs and any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

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

Disclaimer

Whilst every care has been taken in the compilation of this web site, and every attempt made to present up-to-date and accurate information, we cannot guarantee that inaccuracies will not occur. Bray Parish Council will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of any inaccuracy or error within these pages.

Some links from our site lead to pages maintained by other organisations. These are provided purely for your convenience, and do not imply that Bray Parish Council endorses or supports those organisations, the information on their pages, or their products or services in any way. Additionally, no responsibility is assumed nor liability accepted by Bray Parish Council for the contents of its pages.

If you discover any information on our pages which you believe to be inaccurate or inappropriate, please inform the contact given on the page concerned, if any, or send an email to clerk@brayparishcouncil.gov.uk.

Unless stated otherwise (i.e. that you are viewing information over a secure connection) information transmitted over the internet is not secure and we cannot accept responsibility for misuse of information intercepted in this way.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all of these pages are copyright protected. ©Copyright Bray Parish Council. All rights reserved.

Content held within the Bray Parish Council domain may not be copied / distributed in any form or via any other medium without the written consent of Bray Parish Council.

All graphics/imagery are the property of Bray Parish Council or its business partners (unless acknowledged separately) and may not be downloaded / modified or distributed in any shape or form without permission.

If you have any questions regarding copyright issues within the Bray Parish Council domain then please email us at :

This website is maintained by Bray Parish Council. We are an inclusive organisation and aim to make our website easily accessible to anyone who wishes to use it.

Revisions

This statement was reviewed on 14th September 2021.