LTA and iT4CA website that meets the highest of standards

Client

Learning Through Action (LTA) works with over 27,000 children and young people every year, addressing personal issues such as bullying, sex and relationships, drugs and alcohol misuse.

The charity approaches these issues through interactive workshops, where the participants express their views freely.

The challenge

In 2006, LTA commissioned an accessibility audit of their website to ensure that they complied with the DDA regulations. This audit revealed that the website was difficult to use and that it lacked of effective graphics.

Committed to addressing these accessibility issues and to improving the usefulness of the website, LTA approached iT4Communities for professional support.

Our help

Ian Cooper, an iT4Communities volunteer and member of the Chartered IT Professional, had an initial meeting with LTA to find out what was needed. Then, he researched the necessary accessibility guidelines and web standards and hosted a draft website on his own server.

The results

  • LTA's website now meets the DDA Accessibility Guidelines
  • Volunteer Ian Cooper now is LTA's webmaster
  • The revamped LTA's website can be visited at www.learning-through-action.org.uk

What our client said

We have been so pleased with the new website, it is fantastic and has generated enquires, compliments, donations. And most importantly, it passes the DDA Accessibility Guidelines, which was so important to us.

Peter Wood Cotterrill, LTA's Director-Trustee and Company Secretary