Accessibility Statement for We are Cheshire East Volunteers

This is an accessibility statement from We are Cheshire East Volunteers.

Measures to support accessibility

We are Cheshire East Volunteers takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of We are Cheshire East Volunteers:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. We are Cheshire East Volunteers is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of We are Cheshire East Volunteers. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on We are Cheshire East Volunteers:

We try to respond to feedback within .

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

We are Cheshire East Volunteers is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • The technology is supported natively in widely-distributed user agents that are also accessibility supported (such as HTML and CSS);

We are Cheshire East Volunteers is not compatible with:

  • Internet Explorer

Technical specifications

Accessibility of We are Cheshire East Volunteers relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of We Are Cheshire East, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the Contact us form:

Autocomplete

To comply with WCAG 2.1, form fields must identify what their purpose is programmatically. If done correctly, this allows browsers to help users fill in forms with known information, such as their name and email address.

We are aware of this issue and are looking into the purchase of a professional licence for the web form. This would allow us to enable auto complete.

Label association

Labels with a for attribute should point to a unique ID of a labelable control that is used within the document. The label for GDPR is not associated correctly with the GDPR check box.

If we cannot upgrade to the pro version in order to contact the form providers technical department, we will consider an alternative form solution.

Assessment approach

We are Cheshire East Volunteers assessed the accessibility of We are Cheshire East Volunteers by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • External evaluation

Formal complaints

We aim to respond to you within 7 business days. Any complaints about this level of service can be formally raised with  letusknow@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Date

This statement was created on 24 May 2021 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.