Accessibility
Web accessibility is about removing barriers to information and services for all site users, regardless of their ability, environment or individual needs.
Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) recognises diversity in society, and one of our key values is to be inclusive.
We are currently making changes to our website in order to comply with accessibility guidelines and initiatives, and welcome your comments and suggestions on how we may further improve your online experience.
Accessing our services
We want to make sure everyone in the Wakefield district has equal access to the services we provide, and that you can contact us or use our services in the way that best suits your needs. If you would like to know more, read our Access to services strategy (pdf).
We can provide copies documents, which are available on our website, in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) on request for users of text reading programs.
Please email the Communications Team with your requirements.
Make text size larger
This site allows you to change the size of the text displayed on each page. You can do this by changing the settings on your web browser (the software used to browse the internet).
To help you do this please follow this link to our instruction pages.
Browsealoud
To aid accessibility we have introduced a speech service to enable visitors to listen to our website. All you have to do is install the free software from Browsealoud. Once you have installed and configured the software (instructions can be found on the Browsealoud website) you will be able to listen to this site.
Compliance
We take the issue of accessibility very seriously. At the time of writing the site is 'A' compliant and is moving closer to 'double-A' compliance with the target of reaching 'triple-A'. These standards are set out by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader® to read some of the documents on this site. You can download Acrobat by clicking on the icon below
