Accessibility Statement

Last updated: 11th September 2026

Heaton Sports Club is committed to making our website accessible and easy to use for as many people as possible, regardless of ability, technology or circumstances.

We want everyone to be able to find information about our club, sports, memberships, events, facilities and services and to interact with our website as easily as possible.

Our Commitment to Accessibility

We aim to provide a website that is clear, straightforward and accessible across a wide range of devices and assistive technologies.

When designing, maintaining and updating this website, we aim to follow recognised accessibility good practice and, where reasonably possible, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2.

This includes considering:

  • Clear and consistent navigation
  • Appropriate heading structures
  • Readable text and layouts
  • Sufficient colour contrast
  • Alternative text for meaningful images
  • Keyboard accessibility
  • Clearly identifiable links and buttons
  • Responsive layouts for mobiles, tablets and desktop computers
  • Forms that are as clear and straightforward as possible
  • Content written in understandable language

Using This Website

You should be able to:

  • Zoom into pages without losing essential content or functionality
  • Navigate most of the website using a keyboard
  • Use the website on different screen sizes
  • Read content with commonly used screen-reading software
  • Navigate the website using clearly structured headings and links
  • Complete online forms and booking processes using supported modern browsers

Most modern web browsers also allow you to adjust text size, zoom levels, colours and other display settings to suit your needs.

Third-Party Services

Some parts of the Heaton Sports Club website may use services supplied by third-party providers.

These may include services for:

  • Online payments
  • Function room bookings
  • Embedded maps
  • Videos or other embedded content
  • Social media
  • Other external services

Although we aim to choose reputable providers, some aspects of these services are outside the direct control of Heaton Sports Club.

Where possible, we will work to ensure that essential information or assistance is available through an alternative method if a third-party service creates an accessibility difficulty.

PDF Documents and Downloads

Our website may contain PDF documents or other downloadable files, including club policies, forms and supporting information.

Some older or third-party documents may not be fully optimised for assistive technologies.

If you need information from a document in a different or more accessible format, please contact us and we will do our best to assist.

Images

We aim to provide appropriate alternative text for images that communicate important information.

Decorative images may not include descriptive alternative text where doing so would provide no additional useful information to someone using a screen reader.

Video and Multimedia

Where video or multimedia content is added to the website, we will aim to make it accessible where reasonably possible.

Some historic or third-party content may not include captions, transcripts or audio descriptions. If you experience difficulty accessing information contained within multimedia content, please contact us.

Known Accessibility Limitations

We continually review and improve the Heaton Sports Club website. However, there may be areas that do not yet meet every accessibility requirement.

This could include:

  • Older PDF documents
  • Documents supplied by third parties
  • Embedded third-party content
  • Some external booking, payment or social media functionality
  • Historic images or content that may not have complete accessibility information

Where we identify an accessibility problem, we will consider what reasonable improvements can be made.

Need Help Accessing Something?

If you experience difficulty using any part of our website, cannot access information you need or require information in an alternative format, please contact us.

We will do our best to provide the information or assistance you require.

Heaton Sports Club
Lower Pools
Church Road
Heaton
Bolton
BL1 5RH

Telephone: 01204 843173
Email: [email protected]

When contacting us about an accessibility issue, it is helpful if you can tell us which page or feature you were trying to use and what problem you experienced.

Reporting an Accessibility Problem

We welcome feedback about the accessibility of our website.

If you find an accessibility issue that we have not identified, please let us know. Your feedback can help us improve the website for other visitors too.

Ongoing Improvements

Accessibility is an ongoing process rather than a one-off task.

As the Heaton Sports Club website develops, we will continue to consider accessibility when adding new pages, features, documents and online services.

We will review this statement periodically and update it when significant changes are made to the website.