Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

This accessibility statement applies to: https://blackburnmuseum.org.uk

This website is run by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

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 using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
  • We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

 

Compliance status

This website has been designed and built to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA, 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

  • Some PDF documents linked from the website may not be fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Some images may not have fully descriptive alternative text
  • Some third-party content or embedded media may not be fully accessible
  • There may be minor issues with colour contrast or focus states in some components

We are continuing to review and improve these areas.

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

  • PDF documents or other files published before 23 September 2018, where they are not essential to providing services, are not required to be made fully accessible
  • Some third-party content is outside our control and may not fully meet accessibility standards

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Accessibility has been considered throughout the design and development of this website.

We are committed to ongoing improvement and will:

  • ensure new content meets accessibility standards
  • replace inaccessible PDFs with accessible HTML content where possible
  • review and improve alternative text for images
  • regularly test the website against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria

This accessibility statement will be reviewed and updated as improvements are made.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page, or need information on this website in a different format (such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille), please contact us:

Email: webteam@blackburn.gov.uk

Phone: 01254 585585

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

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.

If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS):
https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the issues listed above.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 15.04.26.

It was last reviewed on 15.04.26.

This website was last tested on 15.04.26.

Testing was carried out using a combination of:

  • automated accessibility testing tools
  • manual checks against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria