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This accessibility statement applies to:
WAW 2040, Walsall says, Walsall Walking and Cycling, Parks and Green Spaces, Walsall Borough Local Plan.
These websites are run by Commonplace, but managed by Walsall Council. We want as many visitors (or respondents) as possible to be able to use this website and leave feedback on consultations, including those with accessibility needs . For example, that means you should be able to:
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand, and we add alternative text to every image where possible.
We have a accessibility feature, provided by Userway, designed to help with the following accessibility needs:
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
The above points are being actively worked on, and we advise to use the Userway accessibility function as much as possible.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please contact us via email at support@commonplace.is We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 48 hours. If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, email us at support@commonplace.is
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 our support team at support@commonplace.is and they will be able to escalate any issues to our development team.
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).
Commonplace 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 (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Some parts of the website do not have sufficient contrast. Between the text and background colours. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 (contrast minimum). We plan to amend the colour contrast by January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of colour meets accessibility standards.
Some pages do not have a unique page title. The page title should describe the topic of the page, purpose of the page or the subject of the page. This doesn’t meet WCAG success criteria 2.4.2 (Page Titled). We plan to amend the page titles January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of Page Titles meets accessibility standards.
Some links are not labelled correctly and may not take the user to the correct destination. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and 1.1.1: Non-text Content. We plan to amend the links by January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of links meets accessibility standards.
Some elements have not been marked up correctly with unique ID’s. This fails WCAG success criteria 4.1.1(Parsing) We plan to amend the markup by January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of markup meets accessibility standards.
Some content does not reflow when viewed at high browser magnification, which means people with visual impairments may be unable to access some content. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.10 (Reflow). We plan to amend the reflow by January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of reflow meets accessibility standards.
Some elements on the page keyboard focus was unclear. This would effect users with low vision and cognitive impairments. This doesn’t meet WCAG success criteria 2.4.7 (Focus Visible). We plan to amend the keyboard focus by January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of keyboard focus to meet accessibility standards)
On some pages the tabbing order is not clear and logical, when navigating with a keyboard. This fails WCAG success criteria 2.4.3 ( Focus Order) We plan to amend the tabbing order by January 2024. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of navigation meets accessibility standards.
Some of the keyboard focus may not be clearly visible, against the background. . This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 2.4.11 Focus Appearance. We plan to amend the keyboard appearance by January 2024. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of focus appearance meet accessibility standards)
Not all page functionality is available to Keyboard only users, This may effect users who are blind or have low vision. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard). We plan to amend the keyboard functionality by January 2024. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of keyboard functionality meets accessibility standards.
Some lists have been marked up incorrectly. This may impact Blind or low vision users. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. We plan to amend the lists by January 2024. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of lists meets accessibility standards.
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix [example of non-essential document].
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Timeline for improving accessibility:
This statement was prepared on 07 June 2023. It was last reviewed on 07 June 2023.