Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Gardeners Homerton Services

Gardeners Homerton is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive experience for all people who want to access gardening services in the Homerton area. We aim to make it easy for everyone to learn about our services, request support, and enjoy an accessible Gardeners Homerton experience, regardless of technology, ability, or personal circumstances.

Our Commitment to Accessibility

We work to align our website and digital content with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1, at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities and more user friendly for everyone. Our goal is to maintain and improve compliance over time as guidance, technology, and user needs evolve.

WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance Efforts

We regularly review the key principles of perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust content. This includes checking colour contrast for text and important graphics, ensuring text can be resized without loss of content, and providing clear headings and structure to help visitors in the Homerton area and beyond navigate information about our gardening services easily. Where we identify issues that do not meet WCAG 2.1 AA, we prioritise fixes based on user impact.

Screen Reader Support

The Gardeners Homerton website is designed to be compatible with modern screen readers. We use meaningful page titles, descriptive headings, and text alternatives for important images so visitors who rely on assistive technology can understand our content. Forms and interactive elements are labelled so that screen reader users can complete tasks such as requesting gardening help or learning more about accessible services in the Homerton area.

Keyboard Navigation

Our website can be navigated without the use of a mouse. Visitors can move through menus, links, and form fields using a keyboard. We aim to keep the tab order logical and the focus state clearly visible, so users always know where they are on the page. This supports people with mobility impairments and those who prefer or need keyboard-only navigation when exploring Gardeners Homerton information.

Consistent Layout and Clear Content

Pages on the Gardeners Homerton site use a consistent layout, clear headings, and straightforward language. This helps people with cognitive or learning differences, as well as anyone who may be new to gardening services in the Homerton area. We avoid unnecessary jargon and try to keep instructions and service descriptions direct and easy to follow.

Ongoing Improvements

Accessibility is an ongoing process. We regularly review feedback, update content, and refine our design to support a more accessible Gardeners Homerton website experience. As new tools and best practices become available, we will continue to adjust our approach to better support users with different needs, devices, and assistive technologies.

Accessibility Requests and Feedback

If you experience any difficulty using our website, find content hard to access, or need information about Gardeners Homerton in an alternative format, you can contact us and let us know what you need. Please include details such as the page you were using, the issue you encountered, and any assistive technology involved. This information helps us understand the problem and work on an appropriate solution.

We welcome comments and suggestions that can help us offer a more accessible gardening service for people in the Homerton area. Every request is reviewed, and while some changes may take time to implement, we take all accessibility feedback seriously and use it to guide future improvements.