Online forms (Granicus) accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the online forms (Granicus).  

This website is run by Elmbridge 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
• 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:

• there are HTML and colour formatting issues with our online forms

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, please contact the communications team:

• email communications@elmbridge.gov.uk
• call 01372 474 474

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in five 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, contact the communications team:

• email communications@elmbridge.gov.uk
• call 01372 474 474

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

Find out how to contact us.

We have an audio induction loop in our main reception. 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Elmbridge Borough 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

• Our online forms use presentational attributes such as ‘border’ in the HTML, rather than the style sheets.
  This fails WCAG success criterion 1.3.1
• Our online forms pages do not have headings on the page. 
  This fails WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 
• The colour of the text (on hover focus) and the colour of the background have insufficient contrast.
  This fails WCAG success criterion 1.4.3
• The italics tag “i” tag is used to highlight text in the footer menu of our forms website.
  This fails WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 
• Content is not included in landmarks.
  This fails WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 
• Due to the focus not being visible, some options cannot be clearly accessed using the keyboard.
  This fails WCAG success criterion 2.1.1 
• Focus is not clear on elements in the form and submit button making it difficult for users to access
  This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.7 
• It is not possible to resize text on all elements of the page. 
  This fails WCAG success criterion1.4.4 

Our supplier has been informed of these issues and we expect most of the issues to be fixed by 30 June 2021.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on Tuesday 22 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 26 May 2021.

This website was last tested on Tuesday 22 September 2020. We tested the site using the SiteImprove accessibility checker.