BetterConnected+
Identify ways to improve the user experience and accessibility on your website and apps.
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Website accessibility testing
BetterConnected+ undertakes automated assessments of your website pages and measures the findings against accessibility and quality standards. Uniquely, it can prioritise actions meaning resources can be focused on improving the user experience for the highest number of visitors.
Face-to-face peer networking
BetterConnected+ is a gateway to the Socitm community. You’ll benefit from being part of the UK’s society for digital leaders in the public sector. Our programme of national and local events enable you to share experience and best practice with counterparts from across the UK.
Membership benefits
Socitm membership brings with it a host of benefits to support your professional and personal development, while assisting you in consistently delivering the best possible digital services for citizens. From exceptional training opportunities to outstanding resources, Socitm offers more.
Webinar Wednesday access
We host a series of regular, topical and informative webinars taking a fresh look at the unique challenges affecting the public sector. These exclusive broadcasts are not merely intended to pass on knowledge. They’re also devised to create conversation and stimulate productive debate.
How your website is tested
Socitm and Silktide have an established partnership to provide you with a comprehensive, detailed and user-friendly service. This helps you comply with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility guidelines.
Silktide analyses 125 web pages and 25 PDFs of primary websites, considerably more than previously. ‘Highest level’ pages are scrutinised first, giving a fairer representation of the most crucial website components. Websites are now also tested on a mobile device. This makes it possible to detect layout and accessibility issues that are a key requirement for WCAG 2.1.
Regulatory compliance
BetterConnected+ is fully compliant with the accessibility requirements of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and British and European statutes and regulations:
Useful links
- Making online public services accessible
- Sample accessibility statement for a public sector website
Contains sample wording and guidance on what to include in your statement - Sample accessible document policy
Includes example wording and guidance on what to cover
Accessibility partner
Silktide is a web intelligence company headquartered in the UK with more than 1,000 customers globally.
Founded in 2001, it makes software to help people understand and improve their websites. Its fresh, holistic and user-centric approach adds greater value to the process of identifying problems, managing tasks and measuring performance.
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