Accessibility
This page contains details on our accessibility statement, it also contains information on our onsite accessibility tools, these can help how you view our website.
Accessibility statement
Accessibility statement for Walsall Housing Solutions
This accessibility statement applies to walsallhousingsolutions.co.uk.
This website is run by Capita/Walsall Council.
Feedback and contact information
Tell us if you need information on this website in a different format. In your message, include:
- the web address (URL) of the content
- your name and email address
- the format you need (for example, BSL, large print, accessible PDF, audio recording, easy read or braille)
We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.
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, let us know via:
- feedback buttons on pages
- feedback button on a BETA banner at the top of the page to report how you find the look and feel and navigation of our pages
- email: webproject@walsall.gov.uk
- phone: +44 1922 650000
- visitor address: Walsall Council, The Civic Centre, Walsall, WS1 1TP
We will respond to feedback within 14 working days.
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
We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.
Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
Find out how to contact us: Contact us
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Walsall Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
PDFs and other documents
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 do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix [example of non-essential document].
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
How accessible this website is
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 300% 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
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
- You can select the Accessibility option to change the font size to large or extra-large without the text spilling off the screen.
- WCAG success criterion 1.4.10: Reflow can be met by using the Mobile website view in the top navigation.
- Our website makes use of embedded maps in several locations. We are not required to make these accessible as long as essential information is always provided in an accessible format like an address.
reCAPTCHA
reCAPTCHA is a third party component we use in our site but unfortunately currently does not comply with the accessibility regulation
Compliance status
This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 1st September 2023. It was last reviewed on 1st September 2023.
Change size of text
It is possible to resize the text on this website by using the 'normal text size', 'Large text size' and 'Extra large text size' buttons below.
Language translation
There are lots of options available for you to translate pages on our website into other languages: