If you have any trouble using the site, please do contact us.

If you need any accessibility guidance, there are various helpful guides available online:

Accessibility Statement for Hailsham Town Council (Website)

This accessibility statement applies to the Hailsham Town Council website.

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.

How accessible this website is

We understand that the majority of the parts of this website are fully accessible to users of all abilities:

the text will reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
you can modify the line height or spacing of text
many older PDF documents are fully accessible to screen reader software
you can skip to the main content when using a screen reader

Feedback and contact information

If you need information from certain pages on this website in a different format like accessible PDF or large print, please contact us. We will consider your request and get back to you as soon as we are able.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, contact us us for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are 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, please contact us.

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

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

[Hailsham 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.

Compliance Status

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Preparation of accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 June 2020. It was last reviewed on the aforementioned date.

This website was last tested on 16 March 2020. The test was carried out by Uniserve Southeast Ltd with additional checking by Hailsham Town Council. View sampling details in test report.