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Accessibility

You can adapt this website to meet your needs. The settings you create on this page will be saved for future visits. If you wish to return to the standard settings, click the "Reset settings" button.

Commitment to Accessibility

We are fully committed to ensuring this website meets the Web Content Accessibility Gidelines (WCAG 2.1) to AA standard to ensure people with disabilities are not excluded from accessing information and services. The design of our website includes a number of accessibility features including:

Change font size

To increase the size of the text, hold down the ctrl key on the bottom left hand row of the key board whilst using the scroll wheel on the mouse to increase (or decrease) the size of the text. Alternatively you can use the + (plus) and - (minus) keys whilst holding down the ctrl key.

Change site appearance

If you have any difficulty in reading the content of the site in its default design you may want to switch to using the text only version of the page.

  1. Click on the Text Only link at the top of the page which will take you to a text only version of the page. 
  2. Use the links at the top of the page to switch between Light Theme (black text on white background) and Dark Theme (white text on dark background)

Whichever theme you choose it will be maintained as you navigate through the site.

To return back to the default design version of the site click on the Graphical Version link at any time.

Translate the page using Google Translator

Google Translator provides an easy way to translate web pages into a variety of languages. Simply select the language required from the drop down list.

Translation & Interpretation

Thurrock Council can provide a translation & interpretation service for people from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, disabled people (including people with sensory impairments, people with learning disabilities and deaf and defblind people), families/children and young people within the social care system and people with mental health issues. This includes audio information, large print and Easy Read. Information in other languages: information that is translated from English into another language or vice versa. An interpeter can be used by council staff if the service user is deaf or if their first language is not English.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts control various browser functions and are often a useful and quick way of navigating through a site. For the vast majority of browsers, use your Tab key to navigate forward through links (use Shift + Tab to go backwards), and Enter to activate the link. Many other keys can be used, and will vary depending on the browser and operating system you are using. To find the shortcuts for your browser, follow these steps if your computer is running Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator on Windows:

  1. Internet Explorer - Press your F1 key to open the online help and in the index, type "keyboard shortcuts", select the required option and click "display".
  2. Firefox-Mozilla - Press your F1 key to open the online help and in the index, select "keyboard Shortcuts".

Images and alt tags

We have avoided using excessive graphics within the website where possible to ensure quick download times and access to information which cannot be read if in image format. Where images have been used we have added 'Alt' tags - text alternatives so that you will still know what the image is meant to convey even if it does not load or if you've have chosen to browse with the images switched off or you are using an assistive technology like a screen reader to browse the webpage rather than view.

PDF Documents

This site uses PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file format for the publication of large and complex documents. Please note that Adobe Acrobat documents can be converted back to plain text using Adobe's Web-based conversion service.

Report an accessibility problem

We are constantly working to improve the accessibility features of Source and really would welcome your suggestions and comments. We will be undertaking a further review of this site to introduce more measures and features to improve its accessibility standards.

If you encounter an accessibility or technical problem with any page on this site, please visit the Contact us page for directions on how to notify us.

 

Immersive Reader

(Shift + Ctrl + U) Included in OneNote Learning Tools, is a full screen reading experience to increase readability of content in OneNote documents. Learning Tools is designed to support students with dyslexia and dysgraphia in the classroom, but can support anyone who wants to make reading on their device easier.

Access Keys

We haven't used access keys as they can often interfere with the default keyboard shortcuts of modern browsers. The content is easily tab-navigable and screen-reader friendly. We have tried to make our site as accessible as possible.

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