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This website is run by City of Wolverhampton Council This accessibility statement applies to the City of Wolverhampton Council corporate website - www.wolverhampton.gov.uk and all satellite websites published on or after September 2018, namely: Adoption@Heart(link is external) Armed Forces(link is external) Children in Care(link is external) Digital Wolves(link is external) Educational Psychology(link is external) Health & Wellbeing(link is external) Invest Wolverhampton(link is external) Orange Wolves(link is external) Shop a Tipper(link is external) Stop Hate(link is external) Trade with Confidence(link is external) Wolves Literature Festival(link is external) Wolves Pride(link is external) Wolverhampton Remembers(link is external) WV Holiday Squad(link is external) Your Wolves Civic(link is external) Youth Engagement Strategy(link is external) The statement does not apply to City of Wolverhampton Council websites, apps, intranets and extranets published before September 2018. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to: change colours, contrast levels and fonts 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 AbilityNet(link is external) has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. How accessible this website is Technical information about this website’s accessibility City of Wolverhampton Council 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(link is external), due to the non-compliances listed below. We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible: some of our websites do not meet the required colour contrast ratio of 4.5:1, as can be seen from our Accessibility Roadmap, addressing this is an immediate priority most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software most older video files do not have captions with most web forms users cannot review their content before submission This statement was prepared on March 13, 2019. It was last updated on January 19, 2021. Disproportionate burden Interactive tools and transactions Some of our interactive forms and applications are built and hosted through third party software and ‘skinned’ to look like our website. A number of these do not meet the same accessibility standards. We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues and we believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when the supplier contract is up for renewal. 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: Email: webmaster@wolverhampton.gov.uk(link sends email) 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)(link is external). How we tested this website This website was last tested in February and early March 2020. The tests were carried out by accessibility specialists in the City of Wolverhampton Council web team. The team tested the most used customer journeys through the website and a sample of the different types of page. The testing followed the WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines and considered the needs of users with sight impairment, physical disabilities, hearing impairment and cognitive disabilities. The tools used are listed below. Screen readers: ReciteMe and VoiceOver Evaluation tools: WAVE, Accessibility Insights for Web and Accessibility Inspector Other tools: Browser zoom tool What we’re doing to improve accessibility Our accessibility roadmap shows how and when we plan to improve accessibility on this website: Accessibility Roadmap Address colour contrast issues - October 2020 to March 2021 Address form issues - October 2020 to March 2021 Create accessible PDFs - Beginning October 2020 and throughout 2021 Reduce number of PDFs - Ongoing Ensure accessible video files - October 2020 to March 2021 Assess all third party software and applications ahead of contract renewal to ensure accessibility standards are met Annual accessibility audit - March 2021 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: Email: customer.services@wolverhampton.gov.uk(link sends email) Visiting us in person Users who are deaf or hard of hearing who need access to any council service should contact us before visiting so we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter. We can also arrange this as a virtual meeting. Under normal operating times, there is a weekly drop-in session supported by Zebra Access(link is external), and we also have a text phone 07500 125590. Full details can be found here. Find out how to contact us here. We are working towards making the site comply with the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines.(link is external) Please email webmaster@wolverhampton.gov.uk(link sends email) if you have had any difficulties accessing information on this website. Additional information Changing colours, font, text size and other settings All modern browsers allow you to change colours and font sizes. Please refer to the BBC'S accessibility pages(link is external) for advice on changing settings Readability We have made every effort to ensure this web site is easily readable using 'plain English'. In addition, we have ensured that the design of this website will not present an obstacle to usability and readability. Signing At present we do not offer any information on our site which is signed but should you need an interpreter to access council services you can request to use our interpreter service. Accessing the website in different languages The information on our website is in English. However, you will see a LISTEN icon at the top of every page on our website that will assist you in translating text into a different language. Audio At present content is also available in audio in the following languages: Arabic Basque Catalan Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French Galician German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Welsh Browser Accessibility We have aimed to make this site fully usable with any browser, including text-only and access technologies. Cascading Style Sheets and Javascript are used, but only to enhance appearance and usability. Please email webmaster@wolverhampton.gov.uk(link sends email) if you have any difficulties with a particular browser setup, and we will try to correct the problem. SHARE Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Share to E-mail WAS THIS PAGE USEFUL? 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