by Laura Hadley | May 19, 2022 | DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport
As we mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022 (GAAD), I find myself reflecting on the last year and a half, and what accessibility now means to us and our website. On 23 September 2018, accessibility regulations for local authority websites and apps came into...
by Matt Scholes | Mar 30, 2022 | Digital access, Digital Practice, Digital Stockport
Us: “We want to design our form to have one question per page” Suppliers and peers: “What on earth for? Are you mad?” Sometimes, we find ourselves questioning what we’re doing because many other voices say it’s odd or unusual, simply because it is...
by Laura Hadley | Dec 3, 2021 | DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport
December 3rd marks International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD), a day to celebrate the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for people with disabilities. The theme for this year’s IDPWD is “Fighting for rights in the post-COVID era”. Because, since...
by Alison Mumford | May 17, 2021 | Digital access, Digital Practice, Digital Stockport
With contributions from Laura Hadley, Jane Taylor and Stephen Hodson, and a headline by Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Our council vision is to keep the people of Stockport at the heart of what we do. By this we mean all people. Our websites,...
by Emma Jemison | Jul 2, 2020 | Digital access, Digital Practice
Two weeks after the UK government imposed a nationwide lockdown, Stockport Council launched a helpline for Stockport’s most vulnerable people, to assist people to access what they needed to help them stay safe and well. The initial tech work required the...
by Lee Emery | Apr 3, 2020 | Communities, Digital access
Just a quick update on what’s been happening in the Stockport digital and IT teams over the past couple of weeks. As well as sharing some of our actions we hope to get feedback from others that could collectively help us to improve our response. The Stay at...
