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Accessibility Policy
Under the obligations of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995/2005 the Borough of Poole and Bournemouth Borough Council strive to ensure that their media is accessible to all users including those with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive impairments.
This website allows users to access content regardless of method of interaction; be it by standard internet browsers or by assistive technologies of other means such as braille and screenreaders.
This website takes into account the recommendations of the wider accessibility community and strives for compliancy with the following organisations;
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WIA)
- PAS 78: Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites
- Royal National Institue for the Blind (RNIB)
- Mencap
- Disability Rights Commision (DRC)
Making this website as accessible as possible is important to us. Below is a list of specific accessibility features that we have tried to incorporate.
Plain English
We have attempted to use plain, uncomplicated, jargon free language for ease of understanding.
We strive for our website to be:
- free of jargon, using simple, plain English
- easy to search, so you can search and retrieve information about the Building Schools for the future Project in Bournemouth and Poole without having any prior knowledge of the project, or what we call things
- accessible to everyone
We try:
- to present information in a logical order and write clearly and simply using everyday words and short sentences
- keep our webpage design simple, consistent and free of moving images
However, our website is developing all the time. Please let us know if you have any comments, good or bad, about our website or suggestions about how we can improve it by e-mailing bsf@bournemouth.gov.uk .
Text Size
For visitors who wish to view the site in larger text size, clicking the corresponding text size within the Access Tools box located in the left hand column, will automatically reload the page to show your selected text format. There are three sizes of text available, with the smallest being the default setting. Larger sizes are easier to read for those with a visual impairment.
Contrast
Visitors who wish to view the site with a different contrast setting can click on the appropriate coloured box in the Access Tools box. This will reload the page with your preferred contrast setting for increased visibility. Text and pictures become more discernable to those with visual impairments when presented in different colours on different backgrounds.
Making content more accessible
In order to ensure a consistent user experience for visitors to the site we use what are known as cascading style sheets (CSS for short). CSS enable us to enforce a corporate look-and-feel to our website which ensures that a consistent font typeface, use of colour and optimum text sizes are presented to you.
Help us to help you
We aim to meet the Priority A, AA, and selected AAA guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Our website is tested on a regular basis using a combination of automated tools to identify potential problem areas and manual testing to ensure we meet the spirit as well as the letter of the W3C's accessibility guidelines.
Inevitably, we won't always get it right but we are committed to addressing any access issues promptly. And that's where we'd like your help. If you experience any difficulties in accessing our website, or have trouble using any aspect of the website, we'd like you to let us know. Email bsf@bournemouth.gov.uk and let us know your experience.
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BSF Programme Team
Bournemouth Learning Centre
Ensbury Park
Bournemouth
BH10 4HG
Tel: 01202 451963 / 451986
E: bsf@bournemouth.gov.uk