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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for Greater Manchester Housing Providers
Greater Manchester Housing Providers is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility
Greater Manchester Housing Providers takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of our Site:
Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Greater Manchester Housing Providers is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Greater Manchester Housing Providers website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Greater Manchester Housing Providers.
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Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology
Greater Manchester Housing Providers Site is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Google Chrome with the NVDA screen reader extension on Windows

Greater Manchester Housing Providers Site is not compatible with:

  • Internet Explorer versions earlier than 7

Technical specifications
Accessibility of the GMHP website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Greater Manchester Housing Providers Site, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Greater Manchester Housing Providers website:

  • Some text or interactive elements may have insufficient colour contrast making them difficult to understand
  • Some links do not have understandable text when read using assistive technologies
  • Some pages may have incorrect heading order making it difficult to understand content hierarchy
  • Some elements do not have appropriate focus indicator making it difficult to understand cursor position when navigating by keyboard

Assessment approach
Greater Manchester Housing Providers assessed the accessibility of Greater Manchester Housing Providers Site by the following approaches:

Self-evaluation
Lighthouse browser automated test

Formal approval of this accessibility statement
This Accessibility Statement is approved by: Trafford Housing Trust – John Slater, UX Designer on 6th January 2022.