Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement applies to The Glorious Church and reflects how the site is managed by the The Glorious Church digital communications team. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website and accessibility was considered from the start of the website design, with reference to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. On this website you should be able to:
- Change the size of the browser window and zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- Navigate the majority of the website using just a keyboard
- Navigate the majority of the website using speech recognition software
- Navigate the majority of the website using a screen reader.
Increasing Access on Different Devices
There are changes you can make to different devices to increase access to our website, depending on how you prefer to access the web, including:
- Speech output
- Magnifying the screen
- Making the mouse pointer bigger
- Slowing down the mouse speed
- Using the keyboard to move around the website.
Identified Accessibility Issues
The website includes the following features and content to increase accessibility:
- Text content is written in plain English, where possible. We try to avoid using jargon and will define any church-specific language
- A conventional layout and easy to find contact details
- The use of headings to split up the content visually and to improve navigation by screen-reader users
- The use of alternative text to describe photos and images
- An Accessibility page with information on different ways to access the website
- Videos with captions (when we are the video creator) to increase access for all, including D/deaf and hard of hearing users
- Transcripts of audio and video, where possible to increase access for many, including visually impaired users
- A ‘skip to content’ option to go straight to the main page content, skipping the navigation links.
We have carried out a detailed access audit of the website and know some parts of the website are not fully accessible:
- The text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
- You can’t modify the line height or spacing of text
- Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- Some of the online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
- You can’t skip to the main content when using a screen reader
- Some images are missing alternative text to describe them
- Missing or skipped heading levels
- Some examples of low text and background colour contrast.
Feedback and Contact Information
If you need information on this website in a different format like large print, Easy Read, audio recording or Braille, please contact us. We plan to review and update the accessibility statement every 3 months from the date of publication, removing the ‘known access issues’ as they are addressed by the site developers, and will carry out a full technical access audit every 18 months.