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Accessibility Statment

Why is accessibility important to us?

The Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum is a multi-agency partnership made up of representatives from local public services, including the emergency services, local authorities, the NHS, and others. In an incident, everyone comes together to help the people of Thames Valley by responding in a way that minimises the impact on the public, property, and environment of Thames Valley.

The Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum was established by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which placed a duty on public sector organisations – local authorities,  emergency services, to warn, inform and advise the public in the event of an emergency.to ensure we meet our duty effectively accessibility is a consideration throughout our website. As such we endeavour to be as inclusive and diverse to meet the needs of as many people in the themes valley as possible to give fair and equal opportunity to access information about risk in the Thames valley.  we strive to ensure equitable access for all measured by achieving high levels and versions accredited by WCAG. We also use a robust testing system to ensure we meet criteria for accessibility including HTML and CSS validations as well as other validations such as alt tags on images and more.

Accessibility statement for Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum

This accessibility statement applies to Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum website – https://www.thamesvalleylrf.org.uk/

This website is run by Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Text Alternatives: All images and non-text content provide text alternatives (alt-text) to improve accessibility for users with screen readers
  • Keyboard Navigation: All interactive elements are navigable by keyboard
  • Resizable Text: Text can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality
  • Forms and Labels: All form fields are properly labeled for screen reader compatibility
  • Error Suggestions and Prevention: Clear error messages are provided when users input invalid data, with suggestions for correction.
  • Navigation: navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • Screen reading: listen to most of the website using a screen reader

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.

Our site has been tried and tested using SortSite to hit 2.2 AA requirements within the public sector alongside a full report from accessibe.com. We are continuously testing and updating the site to ensure the site is accessable to all.

How accessible is the site?

The website recently (March 2025) had some updates completed to adhere to 2.2 AA standards. Whilst Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum are making continuous efforts to adhere to 2.2 AA standards there may be small periods of time where the website has faults and does not meet standards. The website is regularly checked and reviewed and improvements made. The team value your feedback, and you can provide this with details further below.

Non-accessible content (if any available)

  • On some of our links, the only identifiable mark that it is a link is a colour change. This makes it difficult for people who cannot perceive colour to know that a link is in use
  • On the majority of our webpages, in certain areas the colour contrast is insufficient. This can present a problem for users with low-vision or colour-blindness

How you can improve your visit to the site

Modern operating systems have magnifier software built in. The following article details how to use a screen magnifier on a Windows machine or alternatively on a Mac computer follow these instructions. These will enable your visit to the site to be better for those that are visually impared or struggle to read smaller text.

Feedback and contact information

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us at: tvlrf@thamesvalley.police.uk and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.

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 the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum 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.

Useful Resources

The following article details how to use a screen magnifier on a Windows machine or alternatively on a Mac computer follow these instructions.

Accessibility References

https://www.w3.org/WAI/ 

References:

WCAG: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are part of a series of web accessibility guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium, the main international standards organization for the Internet. 

HTML: The HyperText Markup Language or HTML is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser.

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML.

 

This accessibility statement was reviewed on the 20th March 2025 and is reviewed every 6 months.