Our Accessibility Roadmap shows how we plan to improve accessibility for our corporate website www.east-ayrshire.go.uk, and other East Ayrshire Council microsites.
Accessibility improvements for 2026
We will work on the following accessibility improvements:
- Accessible content training – continue promoting accessibility training and guidance to support staff in creating accessible online content.
- Review published content – annually review published PDFs and webpages, working with services to remove outdated content where possible.
- PDF alternatives – continue working with services to provide accessible formats to PDFs where possible.
- Website accessibility – continue to review website accessibility using accessibility scanning software. We will monitor this on a weekly basis and fix issues where possible.
- Accessibility statements – continue to review the East Ayrshire Council microsites, prepare and publish accessibility statements.
- Accessibility policy – this work is ongoing.
Accessibility improvements for 2025
We achieved the following improvements in 2025:
- Accessible content training – digital accessibility guidelines and training resources are published on our Intranet to help staff create accessible online content. Web content accessibility is now included in our web system training sessions.
- Review published PDF documents – we removed around 600 inaccessible PDF documents as part of the 2025 review.
- PDF documents submitted for publishing – a new process has been introduced. We now refuse inaccessible PDF documents and, where possible, suggest alternative options. To support this change, a bulletin campaign was launched for all staff, featuring top tips on creating accessible content, along with links to our digital accessibility guidelines and training resources.
- Website accessibility – using accessibility scanning software has helped us improve the accessibility of our website. We monitor this on a weekly basis and fix any issues where we can.
- Accessibility statements – we made some progress and will continue to review the East Ayrshire Council microsites, prepare and publish accessibility statements where possible.
- Accessibility policy – this work is ongoing.
Accessibility improvements for 2024
We achieved the following improvements in 2024:
- Accessible content training – training videos and an elearning training course on how to create accessible content using Microsoft Office applications are now available on our Intranet.
- Inaccessible PDF documents – PDF improvements and alternatives have been published for popular and selected content – this work is ongoing.
- Accessibility guidelines and style guide – updated accessibility guidelines and a new style guide are now available on our Intranet.
- Accessibility scanning software – we have improved the accessibility of our corporate website and its content, monitoring this on a weekly basis, and continue to make improvements where we can – this work is ongoing.
- Accessibility statements – we have published new and updated accessibility statements for 11 East Ayrshire Council microsites:
- Accessibility policy – this work is ongoing.