Welcome to the accessibility statement for the Church Council

This accessibility statement applies to the website https://evl.fi/frontpage and was written on 9th June 2023. This website is subject to the Finnish Act on the Provision of Digital Services, which requires public sector websites to be accessible. 

We have assessed the accessibility of the website internally. 

Website accessibility status 

This website is currently only partially compliant with accessibility requirements. 

Non-accessible content 

This website is only partially compliant with version 2.1 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) due to the non-compliances listed below 

• Perceivable:Text alternatives for images (alt texts)

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  Some images and images used as links may be missing text alternatives, or the text alternatives do not adequately describe the image.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.1.1 Non-text content 
     

• Perceivable:Input fields

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  Input fields lack a label that is explicitly connected to the field and tells users of assistive technology what the purpose of the field is.(See also WCAG 3.3.2 and WCAG 4.1.2.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable:Content element identifiers

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website includes content elements that do not have unique identifiers.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable:Incomplete use of heading markup

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The use of heading elements on the website is incomplete

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable:Design formatting in HTML/h4>

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website content is partially formatted using HTML code instead of a CSS style sheet.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable: Text formatting

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website uses font identifiers to format text.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable: No content has been added to landmarks

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website uses HTML5 sectioning elements or WAI-ARIA landmarks, but not for all content. Those using assistive technology may experience problems navigating the page and lose control over the content flow.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable: Use of the ‘i’ element

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website uses the ‘i’ element for icons.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable: Element labels are missing

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website is missing the 'aria-label' or 'aria-labelledby' attributes for the search field and navigation.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
     

• Perceivable: Colour contrast

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

  The website is missing the 'aria-label' or 'aria-labelledby' attributes for the search field and navigation.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

   
  • 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum)
     

• Perceivable: Attachment files

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  Some of the attachment files available on our website are not currently fully accessible. You can request the information in these files using the online accessibility feedback form. The link to the form is provided later in this accessibility statement.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 1.1.1 Non-text content

• Operable: Text alternatives for images used as links

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  Some of the images used as links are missing a text alternative that explains the purpose of the link.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 2.4.4 Link purpose (in context)

• Robust: Embedded videos and social media

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website has embedded videos, maps or social media feeds that are missing a label. Third-party systems (e.g. YouTube) may not have an assigned place for a label.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 4.1.2 Name, role, value

• Robust: Functionality labels

   

  Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

   

  The website does not have adequate information to ensure functionality with assistive technologies.

   

  Accessibility criteria that are not met

  • 4.1.2 Name, role, value

Have you noticed any accessibility concerns? Let us know and we will do our best to fix them.

Report an accessibilityissue using our web form

web form

Supervisory authority

If you notice any accessibility issues on the website, please always first provide feedback to us, the site administrators. Please note that it may take up to 14 days before you receive a response. If you are not satisfied with our response, or if you do not receive a response within two weeks, please send feedback to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. The agency website has detailed information on how to file a complaint and how the issue will be handled.

Contact information for the supervisory authority

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Accessibility Supervision Unit
www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
saavutettavuus(at)avi.fi
Telephone (switchboard): +358 295 016 000