Accessibility

Swan Hill Rural City Council is committed to supporting all customers.  Accessibility is an important issue, and Council’s website has been designed to conform to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

What does this mean?

Essentially, it means that the site has been designed so that the web content is more available to all users.  This takes into account users with different computer hardware and software, as well as users with disabilities.  Examples of the features used include:

• Font increase and decrease options
• Clear navigation mechanisms
• Clear and simple text
• Mix of visual and text content
• Conformance to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• These are just some of the design features helping visitors to our site find the information they need quickly and easily, whatever the context.

PDF Alternatives

PDF files are used throughout this website.  While we try to avoid publishing PDF documents, unfortunately this is not always possible.  If you come across a PDF file that you are unable to use due to an accessibility issue we encourage you to contact us.  Our RuralAccess Coordinator will be able to assist you in determining what format would best suit your needs and we will do our best to provide you with a copy that you can easily access.

Accessibility tools

Throughout our site you will find font increase facilities.  These options are available on all full pages and full posts from the Accessibility Tools box in the right hand menu.