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Accessibility statement

Contents of this statement

  1. Using this website
  2. Feedback and contacting us
  3. Technical information about this website's accessibility
  4. What we’re doing to improve accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to www.churchinwales.org.uk.

Using the Church in Wales website

This website is managed by the Representative Body of the Church in Wales. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

On this website you should be able to:

  • Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • Navigate most of the website using a screen reader

The UK charity AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact us:

We’re always looking for ways to improve accessibility and welcome your feedback. If you find any problems with the website that aren’t listed in this statement or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, please get in touch.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing 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

The Church in Wales is committed to making its websites accessible. In this section, you will find out more about the accessibility of our website and how it conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.2, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The issues listed are not exhaustive, but we have summarised the main problems we found when testing sample pages.

Non-accessible content

Navigation
  • WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.1 - Skip to main content is not available
  • WCAG 2.0 AA 1.4.4 - Pinch-to-zoom is not available on some devices
  • WCAG 2.0 AA 2.4.7 - Some of our controls do not change appearance when they are selected
  • WCAG 2.2 AA 2.4.11 - Some of our controls do not clearly indicate when they are selected
  • WCAG 2.2 AA 2.4.12 - Some focus states are fully obscured
Design
  • WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 - Some of our tables do not have defined headers
  • WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 - Some of our lists containing related items are not written semantically
  • WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.1 - Our video frames do not define a readable title to explain the contents of the frame
  • WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.4 - The purpose of some of our links is not clear without context
  • WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.4 - The same link text has been used to to point to different web addresses on some of our links
  • WCAG 2.0 AA 1.4.3 - Some of our text does not have a sufficient colour contrast with its surroundings
Forms
  • WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 - Some of our form labels with a for attribute do not have valid IDs
  • WCAG 2.0 A 4.1.1 - Some ID attributes on our pages are not unique
  • WCAG 2.1 AA 1.3.5 - Some of our form fields do not identify their purpose programmatically
  • WCAG 2.1 AA 1.4.11 - Some of our form controls do not have a sufficient colour contrast with their surroundings
PDFs and other documents
  • WCAG A 1.1.1 - Some of our PDFs are not machine readable
  • WCAG A 1.3.1 - Some of our PDFs do not contain a H1 as the first heading
  • WCAG A 1.3.1 - Some of our PDFs do not contain headings that follow a logical order
  • WCAG A 1.3.1 - Some of our PDFs are missing headings
  • WCAG A 1.3.1 - Some of our PDFs are missing tags
  • WCAG A 1.4.3 - Some of our PDFs do not have sufficient text contrast
  • WCAG A 2.4.2 - Some of our PDFs do not have a specified title
  • WCAG A 3.1.1 - Some of our PDFs do not have a specified language
  • WCAG AA 2.4.5 - Some of our PDFs are missing bookmarks

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are committed to providing a website that is accessible to all and will review this accessibility statement every 12 months.

We will review all the issues listed under the technical information about this website’s accessibility section, and check whether these have been resolved. We will also check the accessibility of any new content that has been added since the publication of the statement.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 1 September 2024. It was last reviewed on 1 September 2025.

This website is tested monthly against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.2. Automated assessments are carried out by Silktide and our accessibility reports are based on a sample of 25 webpages.

You can view a copy of the Church in Wales Accessibility Report on the Silktide Index.