Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Lancashire Combined County Authority website.

This website is run by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, on behalf of the Lancashire Combined County Authority. We want as many people as possible to be able to use it.

For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts
zoom up to 400% 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 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 know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. You can see a full list of any issues we currently know about in the Non-accessible content section of this statement.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email the Web Team at webcontent@blackburn.gov.uk.

If you need information on this website in a different format, please email webcontent@blackburn.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and aim to get back to you within 14 days.

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've made a formal complaint to us about our website's accessibility, and aren't happy with our response, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Lancashire County Combined Authority is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Guidelines, due to the following non-compliances.

Non-accessible content

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Missing Header 1

There is a missing Header 1 on the homepage of the site.

PDF documents

Some of the documents on the site are PDFs.

We aim to provide an accessible HTML version of any new information as the primary source rather than using a PDF.

Interactive components

Some of our interactive components aren’t far enough apart. For example, the breadcrumb trail when looking at our site on a mobile device.

Disproportionate burden

Not applicable.

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