Accessibility Statement

We are committed to making the Culture Programmes website as accessible as we can.

However, if you are experiencing difficulties with the site, or have any comments regarding accessibility, please email creativecity@leeds.gov.uk, or go to the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page, and we will do our best to help.

Accessibility of this website

We strive to make this website and its content as accessible as possible.

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and we are working hard to achieve a goal of WCAG 2.2 AA accessible as our target for this website.

What we do to make this website accessible:

Ensure all use of fonts and background colours have enough contrast to be readable
Test the validity of XHTML and CSS as we create new pages and styles
Ensure the text on pages can be enlarged using browser controls.
Ensure that most of the website can be navigated using just a keyboard
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

Work in Progress

Our website is currently under active development. As part of this work, we are working hard to fix any issues to make all elements of our site accessible.
We are reviewing how we provide large print versions of our publications.
We are striving to improve the use of appropriate Alt Tags on our website.
Some documents are in PDF format and may not be fully accessible.
Some of the contrasts between foreground and background colours are not high enough for all users, we are exploring ways to improve this.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us by: emailing Creativecity@leeds.gov.uk or get in touch via our contact form.

Useful Links

The following websites have useful advice and information about web accessibility: