Accessibility statement
Leeds City Council is committed to making its online resources accessible to all visitors. We aim to continually review our web pages and modify them to ensure that they are accessible for all users. Our content is checked for plain English and we aim to use a written style that is straightforward and understandable.
We follow a list of accessibility guidelines when designing our website and content these include:
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Maintain a standard layout and navigation system throughout
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Use headings, paragraphs, lists and other HTML (HyperText Markup Language) to create a logical document structure
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Allow visitors to resize all text
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Use plain backgrounds to improve the readability of text
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Use foreground and background colour combinations which have sufficient contrast and are not known to cause problems for sufferers of colour-blindness
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Use alt attributes on all images and ensure that all titles are meaningful
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Design layouts to work satisfactorily at a range of screen resolutions
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Ensure all hyperlinks use descriptive and meaningful text, avoiding short-hand language like Click here
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Provide internal anchors for visitors using screen readers or similar technology
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Always provide an alternative to scripts or other controls which rely on client device capability.
Listen to our website with Browsealoud
This website is speech enabled. We have teamed up with Texthelp Systems to provide a service which gives our visitors the chance to listen to our website. All you have to do is install the free Browsealoud software by following the link on this page.
Sign Language Videos (BSL)
We have information about Leeds City Council services for people with hearing impairment. See our British Sign Language videos.
Pdf documents
This site uses the pdf (portable document format) file format for large and complex documents. If you don't have the software to read pdf files, you can get Adobe Acrobat Reader free of charge from www.adobe.com
Controlling text and colours in your web browser
You can specify the font sizes, styles and colours, and foreground and background colours of Web pages displayed on your computer screen, even if the author of the Web page has already specified these. For assistance with changing your web browser setting see BBC's My web my way.
Website feedback
We welcome any feedback or comments that will help us improve our website. Please use the feedback form which is at the foot of every page.