Accessibility Statement for Leisure Bookings

This website is managed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and the technical solution is provided by an external 3rd party supplier.  The site is restricted to membership of Dudley Leisure Centres.

This accessibility statement for the Dudley web site and sub-domains contains full details on feedback, how to report issues and the enforcement procedure. Below covers specific technical information and compliance status for Leisure Bookings.

Dudley Metropolitan 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. 

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 on Leisure Bookings.

The site is provided to us by an external supplier who is currently working on correcting the issues below.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• A 1.3.1 Heading is missing text
  1 instance - issue to be fed back to 3rd party supplier.
• AA 1.4.3 Colour contrast is insufficient
  6 instances - issue to be fed back to 3rd party supplier.

Disproportionate burden

With the exception of those listed below, none of the existing issues on Leisure Bookings are classed as a disproportionate burden to solve.

• Existing office documentation such as Microsoft Word (.DOC or .DOCX) and Adobe Acrobat (.PDF).
  This is a failure of 4.1.2 Name, Role Value.
  We are reviewing procedures for creating accessible office documentation.

Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

• The regulations do not require us to fix office documentation published before 23rd September 2018 if they are not essential. 

The Leisure Bookings site is monitored for accessibility by an automated tool;

• SiteImprove - a subscription service that also includes analytics, quality assurance for all pages. SiteImprove provides three levels of accessibility warnings based on the WCAG 2.1 Criterions are divided into errors, warnings and reviews.
  Leisure Bookings is currently marked at 97.2/100 for accessibility compliance.

This tool is regularly monitored.

This statement was prepared 14th September 2020.

The Leisure Bookings site is tested weekly using the SiteImprove subscription service.