Volunteering WA is thrilled to host a series of sessions on inclusion and accessibility for people with disability. The sessions will be delivered by experts from with lived experience, and are suitable for volunteer manager, marketing and content creators, and IT and admin teams in your organisation.
- Register for any (or all) workshops that are relevant to you.
- All workshops will be delivered online and the links will be emailed to registered attendees.
Session 1: Wednesday 10 August, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Suitable for all paid and volunteer roles within a volunteer involving organisation. This session will cover:
- How people with disability engage with your content: includes a hands-on exercise using a screen reader
- The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) overview
- Policy and legislation related to following the WCAG standard
Session 2: Wednesday 17 August, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
This session will cover:
- Remote meeting accessibility
- Social media accessibility
- Document accessibility including workshopping an inaccessible document into an accessible one
- Future standards and considerations
Session 3: Wednesday 24 August, 1:00pm – 4:30pm
Tailored for your organisation’s IT, website manager and/or marketing coordinators. This session will cover:
- Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in-depth
- Testing your content for accessibility
- Visual checks: before and after examples of accessible website transition interactive exercise
- Testing tools and confirming WCAG compliance
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These workshops are subsidised by Volunteering WA and offered free to Western Australian volunteer involving organisations thanks to funding from the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
