Accessibility Statement
Accessibility statement for Hoveton Wetland Restoration
This accessibility statement applies to the Hoveton Wetland Restoration service on the hovetongreatbroad.org.uk subdomain.
This website is run by Natural England. 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
- 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 (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
- We’ve also made the text in the service 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 diagrams showing scientific processes do not contain alternate text.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
E mail – info@hovetongreatbroad.org.uk
Phone – 07500 854356
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 days.
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, contact us by e-mail: info@hovetongreatbroad.org.uk and highlight the issues. We will then discuss with the relevant teams within the organisation and our website hosting specialists and get back to you
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
Natural England is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
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
Diagrams showing scientific processes do not contain alternative text. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1. Non-text Content (A). People who are blind or have visual disabilities may not be able to perceive the content.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Some of our older PDFs documents do not meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA. The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs we publish will meet accessibility standards.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We plan to improve accessibility on this website by having an external accessibility audit conducted to get a better understanding of any accessibility issues. This audit is currently being procured. As soon as we have completed the audit and have discussed remedial actions, we will update this statement with actions that we will be taking to improve accessibility. The accessibility statement will be updated with any non-conformances and any actions taken to improve accessibility recorded. This update will be completed by 9th May 2022.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 8th February 2022. It was last reviewed on 8th February 2022. This website was last tested on 26 April 2021. The test was carried out by GRIT.