Accessibility Statement for Website

This is an accessibility statement from Yorkshire Dance.

Measures to support accessibility

Yorkshire Dance takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Website:

• Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
• Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
• Appoint an accessibility officer and/or ombudsperson.
• Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
• Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
• 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. Website 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.

Additional accessibility considerations

Our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, however we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria: Images of text are only used for decorative purposes. Re-authentication after a session expires does not cause loss of data.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our website:

• Phone: 01132438765
• E-mail: access@yorkshiredance.com
• Visitor Address: Yorkshire Dance, 3 St Peter’s Square, Leeds, LS98AH
• Postal Address: Yorkshire Dance, 3 St Peter’s Square, Leeds, LS98AH

We try to respond to feedback within 2 working days..

Technical specifications

Accessibility of 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

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

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Website , 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 Website:

1. Images: Images uploaded prior to November 2021 may not have text alternatives. We are working on providing text alternatives to all images and have begun backdating our catalogue.
2. Podcasts: Podcasts (and other audio files) uploaded prior to November 2021 may not have text alternatives. We are working on providing text alternatives to all audio files and have begun backdating our catalogue.
3. Videos: Some of the videos added to our website before November 2021 may not have captions. We are working on providing captions to all video content and have begun backdating our catalogue.

Assessment approach

Yorkshire Dance assessed the accessibility of Website by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation

Evaluation report

An evaluation report for Website is available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pUQRzRrZ3yal1KiOccGuB94A4ql21Tjo/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104792698705116001889&rtpof=true&sd=true..