This website is run by the Cannock Chase AONB Partnership. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- zoom in up to 300% 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 the 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 cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- live video streams do not have captions
- some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
- you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
- you cannot change the font colour, size and contrast levels
What to do if you cannot access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: digital@staffordshire.gov.uk
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’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.
Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Cannock Chase AONB Partnership is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
Non accessible content and non compliance with the accessibility regulations
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
- Some of our older videos may not have captions
- Some of our images may not have an “alt-tag”
Some parts of this site link to or use content provided by other websites and these are not always as accessible as our site. Examples of these are:
- YouTube videos
- Maps from Google
Documents
PDF’s, Word, Excel, CSV, PowerPoint documents within the Publications section of the website may not be accessible. The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
The Views and Settings Guide, Design Guide, Management Plan and Joint Committee meeting paper documents were published after 23 September 2018 and are not accessible documents. We have assessed the cost of fixing these documents or providing an alternative. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
The partnership agreement is a signed physical document that has been scanned and published on the website.
The supporting business plan is a document that contains tables that are not accessible.
If you do require these documents in a more accessible format, please contact us.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards or be provided in a HTML format.
Navigation and accessing information
It’s not possible for users to change text size and colour without some of the content overlapping. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.4 (resize text).
Interactive tools and transactions
Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, because some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag.
Our forms are built and hosted through third party software and ‘skinned’ to look like our website. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1.
We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information, and with interactive tools and transactions. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make further assessments as and when relevant contracts are up for renewal.
Live video
Live video streams do not have captions. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.4 (captions – live).
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are working to reduce the amount of documents that currently do not meet the accessibility regulations and have governance in place that no further documents are added that don’t meet accessibility standards. We plan to provide an accessible HTML version of any new information as the primary source rather than using a PDF.
We are working to ensure that all videos have the correct captions and have governance in place to ensure no further videos are added without correct captions.
We are working to ensure images have appropriate alt tags and descriptions.
Accessibility statement last reviewed: 30/10/2020