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As part of VocalEyes’s Heritage Access 2022 project, 61 digital volunteers were recruited from across the UK to assess the websites of over 3,000 museum and heritage sites, checking both accessibility of the site and the access information each organisation provides to support and enable visits to their venue by D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. The project actively recruited volunteers with personal experience of access barriers.

Creating accessible websites helps you share the work of your heritage organisation with more people. This resource by Diversity & Ability helps you understand how best to embed accessibility into your website so a larger audience can connect with and support your organisation.

Creating accessible digital content helps you share the work of your heritage organisation with more people. This resource by Diversity & Ability look at both the ethical and legal requirements of ensuring your digital content is accessible. It provides a step-by-step guide from alt text to accessible hashtags and everything in between.

People come to websites looking to complete a task — whether that’s to plan a visit or to learn something about your heritage organisation. In many cases it’s the first experience someone will have of your organisation. In this webinar recording, Nicky Hand covers important principles and practical tips for managing a website and making it user-friendly for online visitors.

In this resource, Katie Parry from digital agency and arts sector specialists, Supercool, provides a selection of practical actions to help you make your digital engagement activities better for the environment. Katie provides tips and suggestions that will help you make your organisation’s website, social media channels, emails and computers more sustainable.

In this webinar recording, Paul Blundell explains the role and function of a content management system (CMS). He outlines the pros and cons of Squarespace, Wix and WordPress to help you make an informed decision as to the type of CMS that will help you build a website to meet your organisation’s aims and objectives. It will help you decide how much of your organisation’s website you can build yourself and at what point you might need support from a web developer.

In this video, Paul Blundell looks at the different types of plugins and extensions that you can add to your WordPress website to help expand its functionality including: custom posts and fields; tagging and content grids; event calendar and bookings; eCommerce and membership; and search.

Accessible websites are an essential part of building an inclusive reputation and a valuable addition in supporting the profile of your organisation. They are a critical tool in attracting and retaining visitors and audiences. In this video Matt Dean will raise your awareness and understanding of inclusive website design. Explain how legislation is an important factor in building awareness and what practical support can be given at all levels.

James Coleman from digital agency and arts sector specialists, Supercool, takes you through the basics of website ‘user experience’ and ‘navigation’. Looking at specific examples, James will explain what these terms mean and give you the tools to interrogate your own website and make improvements.

Katie Parry from digital agency and arts sector specialists, Supercool, gives practical tips on creating digital content that’s sustainable to help you keep your website energy-efficient.  In this resource, Katie looks at visual content, accessibility, usability and SEO, calls to action, and content strategy and planning. This resource was first published on the Supercool blog.

Katie Parry from digital agency and arts sector specialists, Supercool, gives practical tips to help you reduce your website’s energy consumption.  In this resource, Katie looks at the impact coding and hosting can have on your website’s carbon footprint and what you can do to reduce this impact. This resource was first published on the Supercool blog.

Katie Parry from digital agency and arts sector specialists, Supercool, gives practical tips to help you reduce your website’s energy consumption through your website design. She looks at custom fonts, visual content and user-journeys. This resource was first published on the Supercool blog.

Identifying your audience journeys will give you important information to be able to upgrade or build a new website. It will also help with your digital marketing strategy. In this practical guide Paul Blundell takes you through a sequence of steps to build a clear picture of your audiences.

How can you engage all your users and give everyone the best experience? Do you want to make your website accessible to people with disabilities and comply with the current legislation? How can you make sure that your website is offering the best user experience? In this practical resource, Paul Blundell gives you the tools to audit your website and fix any issues you may find.

A good understanding of how to build a WordPress website will help you decide how much of your organisation’s website you can build yourself and at what point you might need additional support from a web developer. In this online masterclass recording, Paul Blundell shows you how to set up a WordPress website from scratch and takes you on a journey through the dashboard and the different elements and functions that you can utilise as you build or rebuild your organisation’s website.

This digital guide is designed to help heritage organisations make their online content accessible to all. It outlines how people with a range of disabilities use online content. It offers advice and resources to help heritage organisations make their digital content accessible to all.

To accompany the release of the Digital Skills for Heritage’s Digital guide: an introduction to online accessibility, webinar hosted by The National Lottery Heritage Fund took place on 13 August 2020. The speakers: Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Alistair McNaught, McNaught Consulting and Harriet Hall, Campaigns Project Manager at The National Lottery Heritage Fund discuss key online accessibility principles.