CCT Accessibility Statement

We are committed to providing a website that is accessible to all our users. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think that we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact: enquiries@thecct.org.uk

This accessibility statement applies to Churches Conservation Trust www.visitchurches.org.uk website and subdomain https://www.worcesterstswithuns.org/ . 

This website is run by Churches Conservation Trust (Registered Charity No. 258612).

You should be able to:

• Change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
• Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
• Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
• Understand the content of images using a screen reader or by reading image titles
• Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
• Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard or speech recognition software.

We have also selected colour contrast ratios for legibility, used clear header titles, and 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.

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

• Attached non-html documents such as PDFs are often not accessible
• PDFs may not be accessible to screen reader software and may have poor colour contrast
• Some pages and document attachments are not written in plain English
• Some heading elements may not be consistent
• Some images used to convey information have poor colour contrast
• Closed captions on videos may also not be resizable, and in some cases are generated by YouTube with some potential errors
• Most existing videos are not accompanied by written transcripts on our site

If you need information in a different format or with to contact us about our website accessibility, please email us at enquiries @thecct.org.uk or ring us on 0207 841 0400. 

You can also submit an enquiry using our online form: https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/contact-us

In your written message please include: 

• ‘Accessibility’ in the subject line
• The web address (URL) of the page in question in the main body of the email
• If relevant, please include the format you need - plain text, braille, BSL, large print etc. 

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).

Churches Conservation Trust is committed to making its website 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 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

1. Images on some pages do not always have suitable image descriptions. Users of assistive technologies may not have access to information conveyed in images. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).
2. Video captions are not always accessible. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.2 (Non-text Content).
3. Videos do not have full text alternatives like transcripts. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.8 (Non-text Content).
4. Some images use colour as the only way to convey meaning. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.1 (Use of Color).
5. Some images include text with poor colour contrast to its background. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast (Minimum)).
6. Some headings with attached documents not in HTML formats, such as PDFs, do not display correctly. They may look like normal text or a different type of heading. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).
7. Some attached documents not in HTML formats are not logically ordered and some screen readers may read it incorrectly. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.2 (Meaningful Sequence).
8. Some pages use images of text instead of text. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.5 (Images of Text).
9. Some images include elements with poor colour contrast to the background. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.11 (Non-text Contrast).
10. Some headings don’t accurately describe the content underneath. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.6 (Headings and Labels).
11. The text on some buttons doesn’t accurately describe what the button does. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.6 (Headings and Labels).

It was not possible to review and improve all images and image labelling. It was not possible to make all legacy PDF attachments accessible, such as church guides. We will not be providing transcripts and new captions to legacy videos. Nor was it possible to add captions to legacy SoundCloud files. Sign language interpretation could not be delivered for videos. 

• Our website migration team continue to review our content to improve image labelling, image accessibility, heading and text accessibility and button legibility
• We are developing videos to train our staff on best accessibility practice when adding images, content and producing PDFs.
• The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services; however, we are strategising a review to improve the accessibility of our attached non- HTML resources, such as church guides.