Accessibility Policy

This accessibility statement applies to the Fostering Barnsley website, www.fosteringbarnsley.co.uk

Brightsparks Agency LTD operates this website on behalf of our client Barnsley Council. We work with Barnsley Council to manage the Fostering Barnsley brand.

Brightsparks Agency LTD is a Data Processor on behalf of Barnsley Council for the purposes of fostering recruitment services. Both Brightsparks Agency LTD and Barnsley Council are committed to providing an accessible website experience. This means we want as many people as possible to access, and use, the Fostering Barnsley website.

If you need information on this website in a different format, or wish to report accessibility issues, please contact us at: support@fosteringbarnsley.com

Brightsparks Agency LTD and Barnsley Council are committed to providing a website that is accessible and usable by people of all abilities.

Our website can be viewed on a range of different screen sizes. This website has the capacity to do the following to suit your needs:

• Zoom in up to 200%.

• Be accessed from your laptop, PC, smartphone or tablet.

• Be easy to navigate via keyboard, mouse, speech recognition software or screen reader.

Using your web browser, you can change the size of text on this website. You can make other helpful changes in your browser, as well as within your computer generally.

We aim for all pages of this website to conform to level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. These guidelines are the internationally recognised benchmark for building accessible websites. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines explain how to make websites more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformity to these guidelines also makes websites more user friendly for all people.
 

We aim for this website to conform to the W3C standards for HTML and CSS.
 

We aim to make our website meet the standards described above. However, some sections of our website do not currently meet these standards:

• Non HTML content:  Documents such as PDF, Excel and Word do not meet the web standards described above. Where possible, an accessible summary of each document is provided.

• PDF files: PDF documents require a reader to view them. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free from the Adobe website.

We are always looking for ways to help people get the best experience from this website. If there is information you think should be included on this page, or if you experience any problem accessing the site then please contact us. You can use the below contact details:

Phone: 01226978600

Email: support@fosteringbarnsley.com

Please note: For advice on what information to include when you contact us, we recommend that you read: Contacting organisations about inaccessible websites. 

This statement was last reviewed on 24th June 2024.