Agile Collective Ltd

Web accessiblity consultancy

Agile Collective’s accessibility specialists offer consultancy services to ensure your web products and assets meet the highest possible accessibility standards. Our multidisciplinary team can be used to augment existing teams, critique designs, carry out user research, annotate and specify for developers, and carry out technical QA.

Features

• Workshops and training to build capacity
• Accessibility testing and quality assurance
• Work towards WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliance and beyond
• Understand the latest accessibility user testing trends and technologies
• Digital accessibility strategy and roadmapping consultancy
• Recommendations for improvement and remediation plans

Benefits

• Increase digital accessibility of services
• Empower teams to create accessible content, products and digital services
• Increase confidence and skills in the organisation
• Increase engagement with disabled and assistive technology
• Reduce risk of non-compliance
• Accessibility first design to reduce barriers for end-users
• Reduce costs of remediation
• Increase trust in your organisation
• Work with IAAP certified accessibility specialists with 10+ years’ experience
• Fill the knowledge and skill gaps of existing teams

£130 a unit an hour

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at hello@agile.coop. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

247209573699503

Contact

Simon Chapman
01865 249070
hello@agile.coop

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Our planning services to establish user needs and technical requirements include traditional discovery activities and workshops, user research, Design Thinking, Design Sprints, prototyping, product backlog development, technical planning and solution design.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Our experienced, multidisciplinary accessibility team offers accessibility training to ensure that it becomes a core skill across your digital teams. We create bespoke training for content designers, social media teams, document creators (including PDF), visual designers, UX designers, user researchers, technical developers or the QA team.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: The standard hours in which we provide Web accessibility consultancy services are 9am to 5pm (UK) Monday to Friday excluding public holidays.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support response times: 1 hour during Business Hours (Monday - Friday 900-1700)
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Our support and maintenance service starts at £260 a month for 2 hours of support time, it can be increased in hourly increments at £130 per hour. Our support and maintenance service includes a named account manager for all clients.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Staff screening not performed
• Government security clearance: Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  We are committed to embedding sustainability in all aspects of our work, including our business operations and the work we deliver for our clients. ; To mitigate emissions produced in the generation of electricity for servers, we use and recommend to our clients hosting suppliers that use 100% green energy. To mitigate emissions produced in the generation of electricity for end user devices, we optimise websites for performance by minimising unnecessary JavaScript/CSS and implementing lazy loading and responsive images to reduce energy consumption.; For travel, we encourage low-carbon commuting and have a cycling scheme. We do not pay for domestic flights and prioritise rail/car/coach over air for UK and mainland Europe trips when possible. We assess trip necessity and prefer eco-friendly accommodations.

  Tackling economic inequality

  As a worker-owned cooperative, we directly tackle income inequality through our business model and practices. All aspects of pay, including the principles on which decisions are made, the details of the pay system, the procedure that has been followed, and who is making decisions are available to all employees. Our profits are shared equitably among all members, ensuring everyone benefits from the organisation's success. Our lowest pay point is set to the London Living Wage, and all Members, regardless of role, have the same opportunity to get to the highest pay point. ; We have an unlimited training budget that empowers everyone at Agile Collective to have full ownership and control of their learning and personal development. We also offer work experience and apprenticeship opportunities; several of our apprentices have since become full-time members of our team. We prioritise accessibility, inclusivity and equity in our hiring processes, for example by using blind recruitment processes and providing interview questions in advance.

  Equal opportunity

  Throughout all areas of our work we prioritise user-centred design and accessibility, creating inclusive digital experiences that adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) at ‘AA level’. Our user research actively engages diverse communities to understand their needs. Moreover, we prioritise education and advocacy, working closely with clients to raise awareness and conduct training sessions on accessibility and digital inclusion. ; As a worker-owned cooperative, our business model ensures that all members have an equal voice in decision-making processes, fostering a democratic and participatory environment. This structure eliminates hierarchical barriers and promotes transparency, allowing for diverse perspectives and experiences to shape our approach. ; We are a distributed organisation and offer all employees the opportunity to work fully remotely. We support our employees to work flexibly as we recognise the impact this can have on making our workplace more equitable.

  Wellbeing

  Our approach to our work - both for clients and internally - is deeply rooted in the promotion of overall wellbeing for our staff, clients, and the communities we serve. ; We have a number of measures to support and prioritise the wellbeing of our team. We collaborate with a Workplace Wellbeing Specialist who conducts monthly workshops on wellbeing topics such as relaxation, communication for wellbeing, and workstation safety. We have trained Mental Health First Aid team members who are equipped to recognize and respond to signs of mental health challenges within our cooperative. We prioritise inclusive and accessible recruitment practices and monitor staff wellbeing metrics. ; We also strive to incorporate wellbeing principles into the websites we design and develop. Our user-centred approach involves extensive research and collaboration with diverse user groups, ensuring that the digital experiences we create are intuitive, accessible, and usable.

Pricing

• Price: £130 a unit an hour
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at hello@agile.coop. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.