Accessibility

We want all of our work to be inclusive and accessible, and this extends to our website. On this page you can find our accessibility statement. If you are unhappy with the accessibility of our site, or any of our work, we'd be happy to hear from you and to make any changes necessary to be better.

Accessibility Statement

Measures to Support Accessibility

Gather Together takes the following measures to ensure accessibility:

Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Gather Together is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. This means some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional Accessibility Considerations

Although our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria, such as ensuring that re-authentication after a session expires does not cause data loss.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Gather Together. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Gather Together:

Phone: +44 7877 435781
E-mail: kat@gather-together.org

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.

Compatibility with Browsers and Assistive Technology

Our website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

Google Chrome with JAWS on Windows
Safari with VoiceOver on macOS

Known Incompatibility

Our website is not compatible with:

Internet Explorer versions older than IE 11

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of Gather Together relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

HTML
WAI-ARIA
CSS
JavaScript

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Gather Together, there may be some limitations. Despite this, there may still be mistakes, and we would love to hear your feedback and suggestions if you spot any. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please get in touch with us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Gather Together:

User-generated content: Uploaded images may not have text alternatives. We monitor user comments and typically repair issues within 2 business days.

Assessment Approach

Gather Together assessed the accessibility of Gather Together by the following approaches:

Self-evaluation: the content was evaluated by our own organisation using Wix’s accessibility tools.

Formal Approval of this Accessibility Statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Name: Kat Sellers
Function: Founder

Date

This statement was created on 17 June 2024 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.