This website is run by American Friends of the Old City. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colors to grey scale,
• adjust contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
• increase and decrease font size
• zoom in without the text spilling off the screen
• underline links
• Change to readable font
• Adjust to high contrast and negative contrast
• navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
• We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• there’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page, need information that is inaccessible to your, or if you think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please email details of your difficulty to: oldcity@old-city.org.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you as quickly as possible. If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us at mailto:oldcity@old-city.org for directions.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

AFOC is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard. It is compliant and meets the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to [insert one of the following: ‘the non-compliances’, ‘the exemptions’ or ‘the non-compliances and exemptions’] listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• accessibility for sound and screen reading is limited.
• Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).

Navigation and accessing information

There’s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main content’ option).

It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.

It’s not always possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.

This statement was prepared on February 3, 2025.

This website was last tested by the website team self-assessment on [February 3, 2025te] against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by “Gal-Oren”. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by their website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.