Accessibility Statement for Gardening Dalston

Gardening Dalston is committed to making our services and information accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. This statement explains our approach to accessibility for Dalston gardening projects, green spaces and community horticulture activities, and outlines how we meet recognised standards and support diverse needs.

We aim to follow the WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines as a core standard across our materials and online resources related to gardening in Dalston. Our content is structured to be readable, navigable and usable whether you access it from a desktop, mobile device or assistive technologies. We use clear headings, consistent navigation and semantic HTML to help screen readers and other tools interpret our pages.

Our commitment includes regular checks on code and content to reduce barriers for people engaging with Dalston community garden information. We prioritise accessible language, captions for multimedia where possible, and descriptive link text so visitors can understand the purpose of each link without relying on visual cues alone.

Screen-reader support is a central part of our accessibility work. We use ARIA roles responsibly, ensure meaningful page titles and label form controls clearly so that users of screen readers can navigate garden event listings, volunteer sign-ups and site maps in Dalston with confidence. Where interactive maps or dynamic widgets are used, we provide text alternatives and step-by-step access to the same information.

We test with popular screen readers and user agents as part of our quality checks and encourage real-world testing by community members, without relying solely on automated tools. Voice navigation and text-to-speech friendly content are considered when publishing resources about planting schedules, habitat notes and accessible gardening techniques in Dalston.

Keyboard navigation is fully supported across our online materials for Dalston gardening activities. You can tab through links and controls in a predictable order, and focus styles are visible so keyboard users can see where they are on the page. We provide skip links and logical heading order to reduce the number of keystrokes needed to reach main content.

We also pay attention to visual accessibility: colour contrast meets WCAG 2.1 AA where possible, and typography is chosen for legibility. Where charts, infographics or planting diagrams are used for Dalston green projects, we include text summaries and CSV or text alternatives for those who need them.

For documents, we offer accessible file formats on request and prepare alternative formats such as large print or plain text summaries for key materials about local growing schemes. Our event notices and sign-up forms aim to be simple, labelled and compatible with assistive technology.

If you experience an accessibility barrier while engaging with Dalston gardening content, please contact us using the accessibility channels provided on our organisation pages. We cannot include direct contact details here, but we will respond to accessibility requests, provide information in an alternative format and work with you to find a reasonable solution.