Accessibility Statement
Our Policy
Cheshire East Council is committed to ensuring that this website
is accessible to the widest possible range of people, regardless of
technology or ability. We are therefore actively working to
increase the accessibility and usability of our website and ensure
that it adheres to many of the available standards and
guidelines.
What are we doing to ensure we meet the criteria?
The Government requires that all public sector websites should
meet the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
1.0, to Level AA. These guidelines are based on good design
practice and exist to ensure that no individual is excluded due to
disability or choice of device or software.
We aim to achieve level AA and to comply with as many of the
features of AAA as are possible, but recognise that this is not
always achievable for the entire website.
Main Accessibility Features
Page Footer
On the page footer, at the bottom of every page you can:
- View a text only version of the site
- Change the language
Text Only Version Website
W3C recommends that only if after best efforts the website
cannot be made accessible, then a text only version should be
provided. RNIB recommends against providing text only versions as
much as possible, simply because being treated differently can
reinforce the feeling of marginalisation that someone with a
disability experiences. All pages on the Your Ceremony website can
be viewed as Text Only.
Language - Google Translate
Translations of this site are provided by Google Translate.
For more details, please see our Language
Translation page.
Text/Font Size
You can use your web browsers built in accessibility functions
to increase or decrease the font size.
To do this you need to change a setting on your internet
browser.
Internet Explorer users should click View > Text Size and
select from the options.
Netscape users should click View > Increase Font.
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS2) are used on all Your Ceremony web
pages to set design and layout elements, e.g. colours, background
colours, alignment, spacing, border, font sizes and types. The
advantage of using CSS is to give you the choice of switching off
the Your Ceremony style sheet and using your own style sheet
instead. The web pages are designed to be read in the correct
order, even if the style sheets are switched off.
Alt tag for all images
We aim to use images relevant to the content. Images used in the
website have alternate text descriptions, which are known as their
'alt' tag. These help visually impaired users to identify what the
images represent. The only exception to this are the integral
background images of the site which are purely decorative.
Data Table Headers
If a data table is presented, table headers, summary and caption
are provided where appropriate to help you understand the data
table structure and its data.
External Links
All external links are labelled as such using the link title.
The link title can be seen when you hover your mouse over the link.
Any links that open in a new window display a warning of this.
Web Accessibility Links
Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) documents explain
how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Web
"content" generally refers to the information in a Web page or Web
application, including text, images, forms, sounds, and such.
RNIB - Web Access Centre
The Web Access Centre is a source of information for web designers,
developers, content authors and website managers. Here you will
find advice on how to plan, build and test accessible websites.
Microsoft
Accessibility Keyboard Assistance
Finds keyboard shortcuts for leading Microsoft products that help
save time and effort and provide an essential tool for some people
with mobility impairments.
Acrobat solutions
for accessibility
Adobe helps make electronic information more accessible to people
with disabilities including but not limited to: blindness, low
vision, hearing, or motor impairments.