Tendring District Council | Accessibility of Third Party Sites

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Public Access - Planning and Licencing

Planning - https://idox.tendringdc.gov.uk/online-applications/

Licencing - https://idox.tendringdc.gov.uk/online-applications//search.do?action=simple&searchType=LicencingApplication

The public access templates comply with WCAG 2.1 level AA.

MiPermit - Parking Website

https://secure.mipermit.com/tendring/application/login.aspx

Compliance status – full, partial, or not compliant - Partial
Non-accessible content - Calendar control does not accept keyboard navigation, which is being reviewed. However the date input can be typed in to separately from using the control. This is due to be changed to a fully accessible one in the next release.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations - None
When the site was tested? How was it tested? - The site is tested before each release and tested using WebAIM Accessibility Evaluation Tools.

Clacton Airshow Website

https://clactonairshow.com/

Report from website provider as at 14 October 2020

Goal

Update site to comply to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards where possible and offer workarounds to elements which fail.

Testing Using:

WAVE testing plug in Internet Explorer (PC)
AXE in Chrome (Mac)
TENON some comparison testing done in Tenon on-line.

Airshow Home Page

Removed concertina quick links widget as icons could not be made accessible.
Added all page items to main menu bar as sub-menu items.
Removed ‘What’s On’ Day1/Day 2 widget, and made into pages instead.
Added background colours to slider images for screen readers.
Changed contrast of colours on page where required.
Changed minimum font size to 15px on blog breadcrumbs.
Changed minimum font size to 15px on footer text.

Airshow Internal pages

Search button is an icon not a word – removed.
Donation page 6 errors in embedded (off site) panel.
Added an accessible form plugin and created a new form, passes.
Added a banner image on Q&A (was added in the page.)

Uncleared Errors

Empty button
Top button
Skip link

Currently being worked on.

Essex Sunshine Coast (ESC) Website

http://essex-sunshine-coast.org.uk/

Report from website provider as at 25 November 2020

Goal

Update site to comply to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards where possible and offer workarounds to elements which fail.

Testing Using:

WAVE testing plug in Internet Explorer (PC)
AXE in Chrome (Mac)
TENON some comparison testing done in Tenon on-line.

ESC Home page

Link colours
Text size larger
Bold links in text
Title attribute Youtube
Add Level 1 heading main page
Amend moved main image temp
Test accessible sliders and replace
Hide ‘next’ slider dots
Removed Supsystic gallery (towns and villages round gallery)
Replace with simple squares gallery
Change colour blocks on all pages to darker colour
Update heading hierarchy where possible

ESC Internal pages

Change featured text to blockquote
Make page title sequential
Fix Instagram feeds which have changed (by Facebook)
Removed search bar as no descriptive text inside box applicable
Hid elements of tide times that weren’t accessible
Increased contrast on body text
Increased font size on body text

Uncleared Errors

Empty link errors – the small ‘link’ icons on the Directory items don’t have a text replacement/alt title.

Accessibility statement for Housing Jigsaw

https://live.housingjigsaw.co.uk/accounts/account/register

The Housing Jigsaw website is run by MRI Software LLC. We are committed to ensuring as many people as possible can use our website regardless of technology or ability. For example, users of Housing Jigsaw should be able to:

Zoom in up to 400% without text splitting off the screen or without buttons moving off the screen.
Navigate through most of the website with a keyboard, this includes opening pop up text inside of help icons.
Listen to the website using screen readers, this ensures links have accessible and helpful alternate text.
Change contrast settings and still maintain good levels of colour contrast.

We have also taken steps to ensure the text used on this website is as simple as possible to understand.

What to do if you cannot access parts of the Housing Jigsaw website

If you need information on the website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

Email - support@housingpartners.co.uk

We'll consider your request and get back to you within 28 days.

How accessible is the Housing Jigsaw website?

Although we are fully committed in ensuring that our website is fully accessible, we know some parts may not be, these can include:

Pages seen only by Local Authority and Housing Association customers
Pages on the customer portal that are controlled by your Local Authority or Housing Association

Content that's not within the scope of accessibility regulations

Pages seen only by Local Authority and Housing Association customers

Technical information about the Housing Jigsaw website's accessibility

MRI Software LLC is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

How the Housing Jigsaw website was tested

This website was last tested August 2019. This test was carried out by a team of developers within our organisation. Using the 'Accessibility Insights for Web' chrome extension. We tested:

All pages of the following website that the general public could come into contact with, available at Housing Jigsaw

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We are fully committed to ensuring that Housing Jigsaw is an accessible product. We pursue this commitment by embedding practices into our development and testing process that ensure we consider accessibility with all new software releases.

Princes Theatre website

https://princestheatre.co.uk/

Compliance status – full, partial, or not compliant - Partial
Non-accessible content - Some images do not have alt text and some links are empty
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations - None
When the site was tested? How was it tested? - The site was tested in June 2021 using WAVE Accessibility Evaluation Tool.

Tendring Leisure website

https://www.tendringleisure.co.uk/

The website was tested by the SWAN web team on 5 October 2021.

To update the website to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines where possible and offer solutions and workarounds for elements which fail.

Tested Using:

WAVE accessibility evaluation tool (PC)
WAVE accessibility extension tool (Edge)
WAVE accessibility extension tool (Firefox)
Lighthouse, Chrome Developer Tools (PC)
Lighthouse, Chrome Developer Tools (Mac)

Home page, internal pages, and global changes:

Link text (and alternate text for images) that is discernible, unique, and focusable were added
Links to cross-origin destinations were nullified
Low-contrast colour text errors were fixed
Added dark overlays to header and homepage hero banner to improve contrast ratios
Added dark overlay to global promotional banner to improve text contrast
Introduced bright green accent colour for homepage hero menu to improve contrast ratios
Primary green was modified to provide greater contrast for button text
Body and menu text sizes were adjusted larger
Heading hierarchy was improved (passes with warning)
Added labels to social icons
Updated HTML page language specification
Reconfigured structure of ARIA tags IDs to be unique
Empty usability links removed from blog listing
Blog listing presentation simplified for contrast ratio, link structure and screen reader accessibility
Circumvented structural empty anchor tags
Circumvented structural empty headings from Membership page
Fixed empty table heading on Swimming Lessons page
Added selected tab state
Improved tab indexing
Added text labels to calendar date navigation

Uncleared Errors:

There were no remaining errors at the time of testing.