Accessibility statement for Dérive

This website is run by Salford City Council 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

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 aren’t fully accessible:

• some of our  PDFs aren’t fully accessible

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format please email [email protected]

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 that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements email: [email protected]

It would be helpful if your email contained the following:

• the URL(s)(web address) of the page(s) that you are having difficulties with
• how you are accessing the site, for example on your phone, on a laptop, on a tablet
• if on a laptop or tablet, which browser you are using, for example Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Safari
• the nature of your disability, if any
• a description of the problem

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Salford City 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, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Many of our PDFs don’t meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader, text alternatives are missing.

Some of our PDFs are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs of our policies. We are working our way through these issues.

We will work to ensure key new documents meet accessibility standards.

Disproportionate burden

We have not identified anything that qualifies as disproportionate burden as of yet.

How we tested this website

To test this website we use Siteimprove, an automated testing system, to help us monitor and fix usability and accessibility issues as they occur.

The digital team also manually review and update the site to maintain any parts that automated testing cannot cover.

This website was last tested in September 2020.

Date of statement

This statement was published on 16 September 2019. It was last updated on 23 September 2020.