This statement applies to content published on www.wrexham.gov.uk

This website is run by Wrexham County Borough Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in 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).

We’ve also 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 (external link).

Accessibility advice

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible:

  • most older PDF documents aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software
  • live video streams don’t have captions
     

Feedback and contact information

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.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact the Digital Services team, webmaster@wrexham.gov.uk.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) (external link).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Contact us

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Wrexham County Borough 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 2.2 (external link) AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

  • older PDF documents aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software
  • this site includes third party advertising, with some of the html code not passing AA standards. However, this is understood to be exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations (external link) as it is third-party content.

Non-accessible content

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

DocumentReason for being inaccessibleIs there an accessible version available?Date
Statement off Accounts 2021-22 - audited versionThis document was written and audited before applying accessibility principles. By law, we are required to publish the original audited version.

Yes.

Statement of Accounts 2021-22 - accessible version

August 2022
Statement of Accounts 2020-21 - audited versionThis document was written and audited before applying accessibility principles. By law, we are required to publish the original audited version.

Yes.

Statement of Accounts 2020-21 – accessible version

November 2021

Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Issues with PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents don’t meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be marked up so they’re accessible to a screen reader.

The accessibility regulations (external link) don’t require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we don’t plan to fix committee minutes, agendas and report documents.

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

Third-party content

This site includes third-party content, with some of the html code not passing AA standards. However, this is understood to be exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations (external link) as it is third-party content.

The following third-party maps do not pass AA standards:

Issues with images, video and audio

Live video streams don’t have captions.

We don’t plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations (external link).

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on December 2, 2024. The test was carried out by Siteimprove.com.

We tested all pages of the website using the online service.

We tested:

Statistics
DateScore
December 2024100/100
November 2024100/100
October 2024100/100
September 2024100/100
August 2024100/100
July 2024100/100
June 2024100/100
May 202497.2/100
April 202499.4/100
March 202499.4/100
February 202499.4/100
January 202499.4/100
December 202399.4/100
November 202399.4/100
October 202399.4/100
September 202399.4/100
August 202399.4/100
July 202399.4/100
June 202399.4/100
May 202395.7/100
April 202395.7/100
March 202394.5/100
February 202394.5/100
January 202394.5/100
December 202298.7/100
November 2022100/100
October 202299.4/100
September 202299.4/100
August 202299.4/100
July 202299.2/100
June 202299.5/100
May 202299.7/100
April 202296.6/100
March 2022100/100
February 2022100/100

Sitemorse

Statistics
DateRank
2024 Q3 Local Government (external link)21/373
2024 Q2 Local Government (external link)29/386
2024 Q1 Local Government (external link)15/389
2023 Q4 Local Government (external link)1/391
2023 Q3 Local Government (external link)1/375
2023 Q2 Local Government (external link)5/393
2023 Q1 Local Government (external link)41/404
2022 Q4 Local Government (external link)55/403
2022 Q3 Local Government (external link)15/410
2022 Q2 Local Government (external link)16/410
2022 Q1 Local Government (external link)22/410

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact the Digital Services team, webmaster@wrexham.gov.uk.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on March 24, 2020. It was last reviewed on December 2, 2024.