Accessibility Statement
Dr Ellie Chowns is committed to valuing, empowering and supporting disabled adults and children.
This statement provides an overview on behalf of Ellie and her team both in the constituency and working in Westminster. We welcome feedback and ways to improve accessibility for constituents in North Herefordshire.
We are guided by legislation in the Equalities Act 2010, Building Regulations, guidance and advice from charitable bodies, including Accessible Herefordshire, and, through them, SCOPE, The Centre for the Accessible Environment and the Sensory Trust
- Accessibility to physical spaces
We have an accessibility list for our constituency office and venues we use for meetings. These venues are chosen to include as many of these features as possible:
- step free access
- accessible toilet in or nearby the venue
- offering seating for people with hearing impairments nearer the speaker
- trained assistance dogs allowed
- loop or blue tooth for people with a hearing impairment
- clear evacuation procedures
- Accessibility for Services and Communication
We aim to communicate clearly in person, and via phone calls, emails and text on the website, social media and posters. This includes:
- using plain English and avoiding jargon
- including contact for accessibility information on surgery and event information and posters
- we ensure there is equality of contact methodology
- Digital our Website and social media
We are guided by WCAG (World Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.1 AA compliance as a useful basic guide.
- The website elliechowns.org.uk has been assessed against the guidelines and improvements made to readability; font size; contrast and the addition of Alt-Text (Alternative Text) available on photographs
- We welcome feedback on improvements that can be made to social media posts and our website.
- We subtitle videos that are posted on social media