Accessibility
- Our Minimum Promise To You
- Listen To Our Website Content
- For information and help in languages other than English
- Translation Services
We want the Central Bedfordshire Council website to be accessible to everyone. We are committed to making it accessible to the widest possible audience - regardless of ability or browsing technology and including those who have visual, hearing, motor and cognitive impairments.
We aspire to conform to level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) W3C Content Accessibility Guidelines and selected AAA guidelines. Conformance to these Guidelines helps to make the Web more accessible to users with disabilities and benefits all users.
Our Minimum Promise To You
Please read our Accessibility Statement which lists our minimum promise to you:
Listen To Our Website Content
You can listen to this website using the free Dixerit Plus service or Browsealoud service. These services are easy to use, free, and help people who find it hard to read, such as those with dyslexia or learning difficulties, those for whom English is not their first language, and those with mild visual impairments. They are not designed to replace screen reader software such as JAWS. For further information please follow the link below:
For information and help in languages other than English
The information on this website is provided in English but can be made available in different languages or formats (such as braille) on request. We can also help you if your first language is not English and you have difficulties communicating with a Council officer. Please tell the Council officer to arrange help through our Language Line Service.
Please telephone : 0300 300 8000
Translation Services
Should you wish to translate any of our webpages, we have provided links to free translation service from the following websites. Please be aware that these websites are operated by independent companies and we have no control over the content of the sites or accuracy of translation:
- Babel Fish website translation which will translate the page you are viewing.
- FreeTranslation.com is a powerful automatic translation engine providing instant translation service of websites.
- Translation Booth Website where you can copy and paste pieces of text to be translated from English into one of 29 languages.
If you have any problems accessing any information on the site, please email Central Bedfordshire and we will endeavour to fix the problem or provide the information in an appropriate format.