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

This website is run by the Avon Pension Fund. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • 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
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • most PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
  • search featured in the homepage header does not have a unique ID which effects visibility to assistive technologies.
  • alert banners do not have a valid ARIA role value which effects visibility to assistive technologies.

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

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

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

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, contact: avonpensionfund@bathnes.gov.uk.

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

Avon Pension Fund is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard. due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • homepage Search contains duplicate ID values. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.1.
  • homepage Search contains duplicate ID value in ARIA. This fails WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.2, success criterion 4.1.2.
  • alert banner ARIA role values assigned are not valid. This fails WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.2, success criterion 4.1.2.
  • there are some inaccessible non-HTML documents on our website which were created after 23 September 2018.

We are currently working with our website provider to address the issues identified.

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as PDF documents. By January 2025, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

How this website was tested

This website was tested by Webcurl Ltd for compliance with the  Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 level AA. The accessibility audit process included sample page testing based on the site structure which was manually undertaken using Siteimprove and Microsoft accessibility insights for web audit mode. Site wide testing of all desktop and mobile page content was automated using Google Lighthouse Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool.

What is being done to improve accessibility

Accessibility compliance will be included in the development process for any new website content to ensure and maintain ongoing compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 level AA.

Avon Pension Fund plan to conduct an annual audit prior to the anniversary of the published Accessibility Statement.

This statement was prepared on 29 February 2024.