Website Accessibility Statement
Using this website
This accessibility statement covers https://www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk/. This website is run by Darlington Borough 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 200% 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)
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
Most of this website is compliant with the W3C WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standard. However, there are some parts of this website that are not fully accessible:
- most of our older pdf documents
- The Google ReCAPTCHA error box doesn't have an accessible label
What to do if you can’t access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
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 that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Web team by emailing the issue to mydarlington@darlington.gov.uk.
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
Darlington Borough Council is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non compliance with the accessibility regulations
The Google ReCAPTCHA error box doesn't have an accessible label
The ReCAPTCHA error message on the blog pages has a textbox that doesn't have a readable label. This doesn't conform to WCAG 2.1: Understanding Success Criterion 4.1.2: Name, Role, Value. This is an external plugin that we have no control over so there is no target fix date set for this at present.
Duplicate ID's on the News letter sign up page
The News letter signup form that appears in the footer of every page also appears on a dedicated sign up page. As its the same form there are duplicate IDs on the page. This doesn't conform to WCAG 2.1: Understanding Success Criterion 4.1.1: Parsing.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Some of older 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 doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations don’t require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
How we tested this website
This website is tested every 10 days. The tests are carried out by the Darlington Borough Council web team using Siteimprove’s accessibility reports. Tests are scheduled automatically and are monitored by the web team.
What we are doing to improve accessibility
Our accessibility road map below shows how we aim to improve accessibility across this website.
| Issue | Target Fix Date |
|---|---|
| 4.1.2: Name, Role, Value | None set |
| 4.1.1 Parsing | None set |
This statement was prepared on 08/10/2019 and was updated on 10/04/2024, it is reviewed monthly.