Accessibility Policy

Accessibility statement for Buckinghamshire Safeguarding websites

This website is run by Buckinghamshire DA Board. 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 using the options on your computer
• 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 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:

• Some older PDF and Word documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

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 bucksdap@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

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, bucksdap@buckinghamshire.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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

We are 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

• Some PDFs and other documents are essential to providing our services but do not meet accessibility standards:
  • 1.1 – Non-text Content
  • 4.5 – Multiple Ways
  • 3.2 – Meaningful Sequence
  • 4.5 – Images of Text

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

PDFs and other documents

Some of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards but are not essential to providing our services:

• 1.1 – Non-text Content
• 4.5 – Multiple Ways
• 3.2 – Meaningful Sequence
• 4.5 – Images of Text

How we tested this website

We last tested this website in November 2022

We tested the site using SiteImprove automated testing service.

About this statement

This statement was prepared on 29^th November 2022. It was last updated on 29th November 2022.