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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for The Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

This accessibility statement applies to our website at https://lgsc.org.uk/ 

This website is run by The Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland . 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 using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
  • We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: info@lgsc.org.uk.

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 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 Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI)

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

Some of the PDF documents on this website are not fully accessible to screen reader software and may not comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard. This primarily affects older PDF documents, which may lack proper tagging for accessibility, making them challenging to navigate for users who rely on assistive technologies.

We are working towards making all our new PDF documents accessible and are reviewing our existing PDFs to improve their accessibility. For essential information contained in PDFs that are currently inaccessible, we are able to provide the content in an alternative format upon request.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 7th November 2024. It was last reviewed on 7th November 2024.

This website was last tested on 7th November 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by our website team. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.