Accessibility

Our website has been designed by Activate Media to provide you with an enjoyable interactive experience, as well as to be inclusive and accessible to all users. This page highlights what we have done to make our website accessible.

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On this page you can read about:

• our accessibility statement
• navigation aids
• links
• images
• visual design

Accessibility statement

There are over 10 million disabled people in the UK. Many find it difficult to find information, shop or book services online because most websites are not accessible.

Living Streets’ Walking Works website was designed by Activate Media to achieve the highest levels of accessibility as defined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) (external link, opens new browser window) by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (external link, opens new browser window).

It has also been validated as XHTML 1.0 Transitional (external link, opens new browser window) and the stylesheets meet the W3C's Cascading Stylesheets (external link, opens new browser window) level 2 specification.

These are industry standards, and by designing our website to meet these standards most users, including users of assistive technologies, should find it straightforward to navigate around and use our website.

Navigation aids

A number of features on our website make it easier for you to find what you want:

• Access key has been set up to make it easy to jump directly to home page (access key "1").
• Every page on our website includes a search box (access key "4").
• Clicking on the Walking Works logo at the top of any page will take you back to the homepage.

Links

Many links have Title attributes which describe the destination of the link in greater detail. Title attributes are not included if the link already fully describes the where the link goes to; for example, the headline of a news story.

Wherever possible links are written to make sense out of context, so that you do not have to read the surrounding text to understand where the link will take you.

You will always be warned if clicking on a link opens a file or website in a new browser window. The warning is either contained in the link itself, the Title attribute or in the text immediately after the link.

Images

All graphics and images in our website have an alternative text (ALT) attribute that describes the contents or function of the image. This description will be displayed when images are turned off, on a text-only browser or as a ‘tool tip’ in certain browsers when the mouse pointer is moved over the image.

Visual design

A number of elements have been included in the design of the website to make it easier for everyone to use:

• Our website uses relative font sizes which can be resized in your browser.
• Where colours are used we have tried to make sure there is maximum contrast between foreground and background items.
• If your browser or reading device does not support stylesheets, most of the content will still be readable.

Exceptions

Whilst Walking Works strive to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the website.

We are continually seeking out solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall accessibility. In the meantime should you experience any difficulty in accessing the Walking Works website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.