This accessibility statement applies to seaham.gov.uk.
This website is run by Seaham 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:
Browser plugins can provide a range of assistive tools these are some which we have found which may be of use, please note these are used at your own risk.
For users of Google Chrome the links are below.
For users of Firefox the links are below.
No Squint Firefox (High Contrast)
We’ve 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.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
We are working towards making the content on this website as accessible to everyone as possible. Should you have difficulty accessing a particular piece of content there are a few options you could try to improve your experience on using this site which may help you.
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 14 days.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us on the above contact details for directions.
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 us by:
email info@seaham.gov.uk
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).
Our offices have audio induction loops.
Find out how to contact us
Seaham 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.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the following: ‘the non-compliances’ listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Older PDF documents may not be reflow and zoom compatible and currently being checked and updated where possible this content is being checked and amended from July, 2020 onwards.
Nothing to note in this section currently.
There is currently no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main content’ option).
Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a screen reader. For example, because some form input boxes require improved descriptions.
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 do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Video created before September 2020 is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Anything labelled as an archive which pre dates September 2018 is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Our staff are being trained on accessibility requirements and we are working with our website provider on implementing appropriate changes and functionality to the site where required.
This statement was prepared on 21st September, 2020. It was last reviewed on 21st September, 2020.
This website was last tested on 25th August, 2020. The test was carried out by our own internal testing.
We used this approach when deciding on a sample of pages to test their accessibility by testing a variety of pages throughout the site which encompasses the range of content users would find whilst using our website.
The full website testing results are viewable in this document.