Serving Our Community
67 High Street, Willington, Co Durham. DL15 0PF
t: 01388 417725 e: helen@gwtc.co.uk
Town Mayor: Councillor Dorothy Hales Town Clerk: Mrs Helen Cogdon
Policies
Greater Willington Town Council Policies
The following documents can be accessed below and open as pdf.
GWTC Public Participation Policy
GWTC Anti-Fraud and Corruption
GWTC Councillor and Employee Expenses 22 - 23
GWTC Freedom of Information Charging Policy
GWTC GDPR Data Retention and Disposal Policy
GWTC GDPR Information and Data Protection Policy
GWTC Protocol for Member Officer Relations
Website Accessibility Statement
We have made every effort to ensure this website is easy to read, with content written in plain English. If you find some content of the website difficult to understand please let us know.
Adobe Acrobat PDF documents
Many documents and reports on our site are published in PDF (Portable Document Format), and sometimes in Microsoft Word. Older documents may not be 100% accessible.
Users with visual impairments may find it useful to use services which improve the accessibility of Acrobat documents. Visit Adobe accessibility for more information.
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility.html
If you have difficulty viewing one of our documents, please contact us so that we can provide the information in an alternative format.
Making pages easier to view
You can change the web page settings such as font size and colour
Accessibility issues
Some of our online services are provided by a third party so may not be accessible as defined by current guidelines. If you have difficulty using any service on our website, please contact us.
Further help
Help and assistance in making your computer or device render webpages in different ways are available online. Advice such as how to view larger text of different colours can be found at
https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/impairment/vision
Greater Willington Town Council Website Accessibility Action Plan
Web Content Accessibility Audit
We want everyone who visits our website to be able to access the full range of services available, regardless of their skill or technology.
We have examined the Greater Willington Town Council Website and we know that some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible.
There are known issues with:
• The accessibility platform used to create the website
• JavaScript: a development language used to program some areas of the site
• 3rd party functionality: areas of the site which are developed by external 3rd party companies
• content: this includes web page content or documents
• Layout and design
• The use of audio support aids
If you have any accessibility problems or feedback, please email us at office@gwtc.co.uk
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you're not happy with how we respond, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website's accessibility
Greater Willington 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.
Under the Equality Act 2010 we must ensure we do not unlawfully discriminate in our service delivery and make reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities where necessary. We are constantly working to improve the accessibility and usability of our site.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 standard, due to the non-compliances listed above.
A program of work is now underway to address known issues, involving both our existing staff, external web designer, and the companies who provide 3rd party information.
Cookies
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We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
For more information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org
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