Accessibility Statement for Gardening Stoke Newington

This Accessibility Statement explains how Gardening Stoke Newington and related community gardening activities in Stoke Newington work to make information and services accessible to everyone. We recognise the importance of inclusive access for residents, volunteers and visitors engaging with local gardening in Stoke Newington. Our aims include clear navigation, readable content and support for assistive technologies so people can participate in community gardening and horticultural events.

We follow an accessibility-first approach when publishing information about Stoke Newington gardening projects, events and resources. Content is written plainly, with headings, lists and consistent structure to help screen readers and people using keyboard navigation. We regularly check pages and materials against accepted standards and seek to address barriers that may affect anyone accessing our guidance on planting, volunteering and site locations.

Our programme of improvements to accessible gardening in Stoke Newington is ongoing. We prioritise features that benefit the widest number of users: scalable text, clear colour contrast, and meaningful link labels. We also provide transcripts and alt text for images where possible and use semantic markup to support assistive technologies. These efforts help ensure participation for people with a range of needs.

We aim for compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA standards as a baseline. That includes meeting criteria for perceivability, operability, understandability and robustness. Our public-facing materials and digital content are tested for keyboard operability, focus order, and accessible forms so volunteers can sign up or enquire without barriers. We also validate pages for structural markup to aid screen readers and other assistive software.

• Screen-reader support: pages use semantic headings, ARIA where appropriate and descriptive link text to improve clarity for people using screen readers.
• Keyboard navigation: all interactive elements are reachable and usable without a mouse, with visible focus indicators and logical tab order.
• Readable content: we use plain language, adequate line spacing and responsive layouts so content works across devices.
• Contrast and visuals: colour contrast meets WCAG guidelines to help people with low vision discern text and controls.

We actively test with multiple user agents and assistive technologies, including popular screen readers, magnifiers and keyboard-only browsing. When we discover an accessibility issue we prioritise fixes by severity and impact. Revisions to pages and public materials are tracked and rolled out to reduce repeated barriers and improve the experience of local community gardening and green-space access.

If you encounter an accessibility barrier while accessing information about gardening Stoke Newington, please let us know so we can take action. Contact for accessibility requests is available through our organisation's official contact channels; provide a description of the issue, the page or material affected, and any assistive technology you are using. We will acknowledge requests and aim to respond with a plan for resolution and an estimated timeline. We welcome reasonable adjustments and will work with individuals to provide information in alternative formats where possible.