Accessibility

This Safer Northants website is run by West Northamptonshire Council in partnership with the Northamptonshire Serious Violence Partnership. This partnership includes Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board, North Northamptonshire Council, Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue, Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, Northamptonshire Probation and Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.

Our goal is to make the website accessible to as many people as possible. For example you should be able to:

  • easily read the text on the screen
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • zoom in up to 300% without text spilling off the screen

We strive to use simple, easy-to-understand language throughout the website. The My Computer My Way guide from AbilityNet is a step-by-step guide to help you make your device easier to use.

How accessible is this website?

This website has been developed to be as accessible as possible. However, we know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible and some may have broken links

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format (such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille), please contact us:

We aim to respond to requests within 10 working days.

Enforcement procedure

If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).  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’).

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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, email us at: NSVPP@northantspfcc.gov.uk

Technical information about this websites accessibility

West Northamptonshire Council is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Details here on what is not accessible.

Content that is not within the scope of accessibility regulations

  • PDFs and other documents published before 23 September 2018 are not required to be fixed unless they are essential to providing services (e.g older versions of annual reports)
  • New PDFs or Word documents will meet accessibility standards
  • Live stream videos are exempt from regulations, so captions are not provided.
  • This website links to third-party, external websites or services that may not be fully accessible.

Content that is What we are doing to improve accessibility

We’re working with our digital team to help us improve the accessibility of our website and plan to fix these issues.

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

  • PDFs and other documents published before 23 September 2018 are not required to be fixed unless they are essential to providing services (e.g older versions of annual reports)
  • New PDFs or Word documents will meet accessibility standards
  • Live stream videos are exempt from regulations, so captions are not provided.
  • This website links to third-party, external websites or services that may not be fully accessible.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We provide training to all content authors to ensure new content is accessible. We monitor this website quarterly and we aim to address any issues promptly. We will be reviewing this site regularly and updating this statement accordingly.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21st November 2024. It was last reviewed on XXXX.

Pages of this website are audited for WCAG 2.1AA compliance issues using Monsido, a third-party automated service on a weekly basis. Regular manual checks are made on random pages by our web team as well as by using automated tools.