Helper Brabantse Wal
New website
The Brabantse Wal municipalities of Bergen op Zoom, Steenbergen and Woensdrecht have created a new website for all requests for help in the social domain. The website clearly points the way to answers to questions or to organizations that can help to find those answers.
Accessibility
Main themes
The website is accessible. This means that also people with a visual or motor impairment and less literate people can quickly find answers to their requests for help. The navigation structure is self-explanatory and clear. All themes and sub-themes are displayed with image tiles. This is an excellent tool for the less literate. The website has a read-out function and a "skip function". A "skip function" makes it possible for visually impaired or non-mouse users to quickly navigate to the correct topic using the Tab and Enter keys.
The image tiles below represent the main themes. Each main theme has sub-themes with image tiles
Website launch
Due to the circumstances, the website has not yet been widely publicized. It is, as it were, done with a silent drum. ZuidWest FM has already given it a lot of attention. It is expected that in the short term this guide will be promoted somewhat more insistently.
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Interview
On April 22, 2020, Kees Spikker had an extensive interview with Hanneke de Valk. She is a social domain policy officer for the municipality of Bergen op Zoom. Together with employees of the municipalities of Steenbergen and Woensdrecht, she was closely involved in the development of the website. The entire interview can be listened to via the link below.
