Accessibility Statement

Measures to Support Accessibility

Bolands Mills are committed to ensuring our website is accessible to all users. We strive to provide an inclusive digital experience by adhering to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA, ensuring our content is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for all visitors.

To improve accessibility, bolandsmills.com includes:

• Keyboard Navigation – Our site can be fully navigated using a keyboard, including clear focus indicators.
• Screen Reader Compatibility – We use semantic HTML and ARIA attributes to ensure compatibility with assistive technologies.
• Contrast & Readability – Sufficient colour contrast ratios to improve readability.
• Forms & Controls – Labels, instructions, and error messages are clear and accessible.
• Animations – All autoplaying animations stop looping automatically after 5 seconds.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

bolandsmills.com is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard. We have an active project that is ongoing to make the website fully conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA.

 

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of  bolandsmills.com. Please email us to let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on bolandsmills.com at info@bolandsmills.com.

We try to respond to feedback within 3 business days.

Technical Specifications

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

• Semantic HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of bolandsmills.com there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for bolandsmills.com:

 

Assessment Approach

Bolands Mills assessed the accessibility of bolandsmills.com by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation
• External evaluation

Formal Complaints

Bolands Mills is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for persons with disabilities. We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website.

If you have a comments or complaint about the accessibility of this website, please email info@bolandsmills.com.

If you wish to request particular content in an accessible format please include the following details:

• Your required format
• The content you wish to receive (please include the url of the content)
• Your name and email address

We will make all reasonable efforts to fulfil your request.You can make a complaint about the accessibility of this website under the Disability Act 2005 (No. 14 of 2005) via our Contact us page.

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

David Jackson

UX Director – Friday