Accessibility Statement for Longsdon Parish Council Website
This accessibility statement applies to Longsdon Parish Council's website www.longsdonpc.org.uk
This website is run by Longsdon Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.
For example, that means you should be able to:
- 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
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- very old minutes are images for historical interest and do not have captions
Feedback and contact information
We are a very small Parish Council without premises or staff other than the clerk (part time).
If you need information on this website in a different format like large print or perhaps accessible pdf:
- email
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We’ll try to accommodate your request and aim to get back to you in 7 days.
We have no map on our ‘contact us’ page because we have no premises.
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, please let us know by email to:
We'll do what we can to fix it.
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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
We have no offices or full time staff but do publish the date, time and place ( including a map to the venue when physical meetings are viable ) of the Next Meeting.
We welcome the public to our meetings.
Please contact us by email to:
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Longsdon Parish 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
Non-accessible content
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
We intend to replace these with versions readable by screen readers.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other 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.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 21st September 2020. It was last reviewed on 21st September 2020.
This website was last tested on 20th September 2020. The test was carried out by ourselves.
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Land and Building Assets
None.
There is Common Land in the Parish extending to approx. half an acre.
It is a wooded area situated on the right hand side of the A53 when heading out toward Endon in between Denford Road and Leek Old Road. Click here for a map.
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Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 set out an audit framework under which smaller authorities including parish councils, with an annual turnover not exceeding £25,000 became exempt from routine external audit.
In place of routine audit, these authorities are subject to transparency requirements intended to enable local electors and ratepayers to access relevant information about the authorities’ accounts and governance.
This Code was issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Smaller authorities are required to publish:
- all items of expenditure above £100
- end of year accounts
- annual governance statement
- internal audit report
- list of councillor or member responsibilities
- details of public land and building assets
- Minutes, agendas and meeting papers of formal meetings
All items of expenditure are published in the minutes of each meeting.
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Next Meeting
Date
Thursday 29th August 2024
Time
7:00 pm
Place
The upstairs Room of The Wheel Public House - Leek Road, Longsdon
Agenda and printable Agenda for the next meeting as a pdf.
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Longsdon Parish Council People
Councillors
Jo Cox
Simon Dickinson
Conor Hogan
David Hughes
Richard Lovell
John Sargeant ( Chair )
Keith Shaw
Clerk to the Council
John Bourne - Tel. 01782 502940
email:
Please contact the council through the clerk or even better, come to a council meeting.
District Councillor
Jo Cox - Tel 07715 158726
email :
Please don't use this address for issues specific to Longsdon Parish Council, its only here to directly contact our local district councillor.
Staffordshire County Councillor
Gill Heath - click here for Gill's profile on Staffordshire CC site
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