This statement applies to content published on the www.visitbraintreedistrict.com domain. It does not apply to content on braintree.gov.uk, braintree.gov.uk subdomains or other Braintree District Council owned websites

This website is run by the Braintree District Council. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand. You should be able to:

• zoom in up to 200% without problems

• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard

• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software

• use most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

How accessible this website is

Parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

• some pages are not clearly written

• some form elements are missing aria labels

• some elements have poor colour contrast

• some element ID’s are the same for multiple items on a page

• some headings are hidden on pages

• some content does not tab through in a logical order

How to request content in an accessible format

If you need information in a different format contact us (needs to link to an email address or contact form, please advise) and tell us:

• the web address (URL) of the content

• your name and email address

• the format you need, for example, large print, accessible PDF, Microsoft Word document, Plain text document etc.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or you think we’re not meeting the accessibility requirements, contact us (needs to link to an email address or contact form, please advise)

Enforcement procedure

If you contact us with a complaint and you’re not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

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’).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Braintree District Council is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Non-accessible content

The content that is not accessible is outlined below with details of:

• where it fails the success criteria

• planned dates for when issues will be fixed

• Product Search Date 'Date Picker' missing aria-label

• Issues with the Submit Event Form

• Form elements missing associated labels

• Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

• There is a hidden captcha element of tabindex="1000"

• Product page images share the same product ID

• Twitter Widget - Twitter account link/image does not contain title or alt attributes

• Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0, including the mega navigation

• There is a hidden empty H2 on product lists

• Contrast for text over gallery image

• Logical order of tabbing

• Focus keyboard interaction is not fully compliant

• Product page ‘Gradings’ markup does not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements

These issues are being worked on by our website supplier. The planned date these will be resolved by is the 11^th February 2020.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

All standard content on our website must comply with the accessibility regulations because it was published after September 2019.

Content that is generated from other websites does not sit within our control and as such may not be compliant with the accessibility regulations. This would include things such as videos from YouTube or any form of online map.

If you discover content that does not meet the regulations, contact us.

PDFs and other documents

We do not publish any PDF or other downloadable documents on our website.

How we tested this website

This website was and is currently being tested for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA, and these tests have been carried out internally.

We used a tool called SiteImprove to measure and monitor our compliance as well as carrying out a manual audit against the full checklist of WCAG A and AA criteria.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility    

We plan to work with our supplier to fix issues according to the timescales shown for each area above.

This statement was prepared on 5^th February 2020. It was last updated on 5^th February 2020.