Accessibility statement

This website is run by Salford City Council. 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 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 is this website?

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• Some downloadable documents (PDF/Word documents) aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software
• Link without a text alternative

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format please email policy@salford.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working 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 please email webmaster@salford.gov.uk

It would be helpful if your email contained the following:

• The URL(s)(web address) of the page(s) that you are having difficulties with.
• How you are accessing the site, for example on your phone, on a laptop, on a tablet.
• If on a laptop or tablet, which browser you are using, for example Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Safari.
• The nature of your disability, if any.
• A description of the problem.

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).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

If you’d like to phone us please call 0161 793 2500..

To visit us in person see our contact us page for our office location.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Salford City Council 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

Some of our PDFs and Word documents don’t meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value). 

Link without a text alternative, this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4: Link Purpose (In Context). We are working our way through these issues..

Disproportionate burden

We have not identified anything that qualifies as disproportionate burden as of yet.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 3 December 2021, using Siteimprove, and manual testing by Salford City Council using a suite of browser-based accessibility reporting tools and the NVDA screen reader. We tested our main website platform.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We have monitoring in place to review the accessibility of the site on an ongoing basis. We use this monitoring to identify and fix any new issues that arise.

This statement was prepared on 3 December 2021. It was last updated on 3 December 2021.