Accessibility Statement

About

This accessibility statement applies to the edlc.co.uk website.

This website is run by East Dunbartonshire Council and East Dunbartonshire Culture and Lesiure Trust and is designed to follow Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines and standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This means you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Zoom in to most parts of the website 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)

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:

  • Some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.

If you cannot access parts of this website

If you can't access information on this website and need it in an alternative format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact the Council on 0300 123 4510 or email customerservices@eastdunbarton.gov.uk and explain what information you need and what format you need it in. We will consider your request and get back to you.

Report accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our website. If you have trouble using the website or find any problems that are not listed on these pages, please contact our web team by emailing webmaster@eastdunbarton.gov.uk or submit a general enquiry form. 

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the 'accessibility regulations'). 

If you are not happy with how we respond to any complaint or request you make, you should contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASSS).

Technical information about this website's accessibility

We are committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are committed to improving the accessibility of this website. 

As we continue to update our website we will carefully monitor new content to make sure it meets accessibility standards. We will also be testing the site and adding any non compliance elements to this statement in April 2024.

Date of statement

This statement was prepared on 25 March 2024.