Accessible redesign of a bilingual website to promote the work of a classical music and outreach group based in north Wales.

I have been lucky enough to work with Ensemble Cymru, a chamber orchestra and cultural outreach group, over the years and was very glad to work with them, and Laura Twemlow (Change Creation), on the recent redesign of their website. Carried out in 2022 the aim was to reflect the changed focus of the organisation with a platform that was fully web accessible and responsive, that accurately reflected the brand, was a user-friendly interface for ticket sales and promotions, and gave visitor information particularly for those with accessibility issues.

Based in North Wales the organisation delivers bilingual content with Welsh being the main language. The website would continue to deliver Welsh and English content through the preferred language software WPML.

A big part of the work of Ensemble Cymru is to bring chamber music to those who may not otherwise be able to experience live classical music. In particular older people who may have barriers through disability. As such, it was important for the organisation that the new website be fully accessible and meet the WCAG double A standards (AA). Furthermore, in some of the test criterion, we met the triple A (AAA).

The process was outlined in an article I wrote for them which is published on their website:

ensemble.cymru/en/2022/01/access-all-areas