We want everyone to be able to use our website. This includes people who may need extra help to access online content. This statement applies to this website. We’ve built the website with accessibility in mind, and we’re always working to improve it. Our goal is to make sure every visitor can find, use and understand the information they need. How we support accessibility To make our website more inclusive we’re: Making accessibility part of our policies and planning Including accessibility in our buying and contract decisions Working with trusted tools like Recite Me to make the website easier to use Recite Me accessibility toolbar We use Recite Me, a tool that helps you customise the website to suit your needs. When you turn it on, you can: listen to the page with text-to-speech change the colours, text size, fonts and spacing translate text into over 100 languages zoom in without text falling off the screen view a simplified, text-only version of pages navigate using just your keyboard download page text as an MP3. You can find the Recite Me toolbar at the top of our website. Our accessibility standards We are working to meet the WCAG 2.2 Level AA standard (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). This means: the site should work well with screen readers and other assistive tech it’s designed to be readable, usable and flexible across devices and browsers. The website relies on: HTML CSS JavaScript These tools help deliver an accessible experience for everyone. We’re still working We’re committed to improving accessibility. Where there may be areas of the site that don’t fully meet the standard yet, we’re working on it with expert advice.` ` Problems using the website? If you find something you can’t access or use, please let us know. We’ll try to provide the information in another format. Please email communications@wchg.org.uk and we’ll do our best to get back to you as soon as we can. If you’re not happy with how we’ve responded to your accessibility issue, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service for further help. The Equality and Human Rights Commission makes sure public websites meet accessibility rules. Third-party content Some parts of our website use tools or content from other organisations. Example of these are embedded maps or forms. We try to make sure these meet accessibility standards, but they may sometimes work differently from the rest of the site. What we’re doing next We’re continuing to: test the website fix issues we find train our teams to keep accessibility at the centre of what we do We want everyone in Wythenshawe to be able to access the information and services they need. We’re committed to getting better every step of the way.
