Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Gardeners Rush Green

Gardeners Rush Green is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive experience for all visitors and customers, including disabled people and those using assistive technologies. This Accessibility Statement explains the steps we are taking to improve accessibility across our website and services for residents and businesses in the Rush Green area.

Our commitment to accessibility

We aim to make our website and online information easy to use, understand, and navigate for as many people as possible. Our goal is to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 at AA level. These guidelines describe how to make web content more accessible for people with a wide range of access needs, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments.

We regularly review our content and design to support accessible gardeners and gardening services in Rush Green, ensuring that people can learn about our services without unnecessary barriers.

Standards and guidelines

Our accessibility work is guided by the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria. This includes providing sufficient colour contrast, clear text size, meaningful link text, and logical heading structure. We aim to ensure that our key tasks and pages can be completed and understood without relying only on visual cues, precise mouse movements, or rapid interactions.

We also strive to write content in plain language, avoiding jargon where possible, so that our gardening information is easier to understand for all users in the Rush Green community.

Screen reader support

The website for Gardeners Rush Green is designed to be compatible with modern screen reader software. We use headings, lists, and other semantic structures to give screen reader users a clear way to move around the page. Images that convey important information are provided with alternative text, so their meaning can be read aloud.

We aim to ensure that forms and interactive elements have associated labels and instructions that can be recognised and announced correctly by screen readers, improving the experience for blind and low-vision users.

Keyboard navigation

Our site is designed to be usable with a keyboard alone, without the need for a mouse or touchpad. Visitors should be able to move through menus, form fields, and buttons using the tab, enter, and arrow keys. Focus styles are used to show which element is currently selected, helping users keep track of their position.

We aim to avoid keyboard traps so that users can always move forwards and backwards through the page. This supports visitors who rely on keyboards, switch devices, or other alternative input methods when accessing our Rush Green gardening services information.

Ongoing improvements

Accessibility is an ongoing process. We are continually working to identify and address any issues that may make it harder for people to access information about our gardeners in Rush Green. As new content, features, or technologies are added, we assess them against WCAG 2.1 AA requirements and user needs.

We welcome feedback and will consider all reasonable suggestions for improving the accessibility and usability of our website and services.

Requesting information in an accessible format

If you find any part of the Gardeners Rush Green website difficult to use or understand because of an accessibility need, you can contact us to request information in a more accessible format. This could include larger print, simplified text, or alternative digital formats that work better with your assistive technology. When you contact us, please describe the content you are trying to access and the kind of adjustment that would help you.

Reporting accessibility issues

If you experience any accessibility barriers while using our website or services, or if you notice content that does not meet WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines, you can get in touch to report the problem. Provide as much detail as you can, including the page or service you were using and the technology or browser you rely on. We will review your report and work to address the issue where possible.

Gardeners Rush Green is committed to improving accessibility over time so that everyone in the Rush Green area can learn about and use our gardening services with confidence.