Chelmsford City Council, GB

Chelmsford City Council, GB surmounts challenges of COVID-19 shopping with Click It Local platform

Chelmsford's Click It Local page is open to brick-and-mortar shops and local creators with online shops. Residents can shop by business or product types for goods ranging from music albums to flowers. A Click It Local purchase combines goods from multiple shops for same-day delivery. Each purchase requires a single payment and delivery fee, reducing the costs of online shopping. City officials adopted the platform to support local businesses during COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Chelmsford City Council, GB

United Kingdom

Chelmsford City Council, GB improves local business accessibility with Digital Discovery campaign

Local shops and charities fill out an online pledge to support improved online accessibility. Chelmsford supplies guidance and resources for participants to better serve the entire community including residents with disabilities. Individuals can also sign the pledge and learn how commonplace online exchanges present challenges to fellow residents. Digital Discovery builds on previous accessibility efforts made during the annual Discovery Festival cancelled due to COVID-19.

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Chelmsford City Council, GB

United Kingdom

Chelmsford City Council, GB conducts weekly website accessibility tests with Siteimprove tools

Chelmsford City Council is committed to meeting the AA standard of compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The Council keeps its website text simple and allows users to change colours, contrast levels, and fonts. Users can zoom in on text up to 300% and navigate most of the website with speech recognition software or just a keyboard and listen to most of the website with a screen reader. The Council conducts weekly automated tests of its website accessibility with Siteimprove.

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Chelmsford City Council, GB

United Kingdom