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Giving back to patients in the community

February 14, 2025 Bron Afon No comments yet

We love a good community story! Nev Brown and Hywel Jones from our Asset and Compliance team were really pleased to hand over several walking frames and crutches to Tash Cantelo from Gwent Wide Integrated Community Equipment Service and Andrew Hart from Cefndy Medequip Equipment Service.   Nev and Hywel had noticed the discarded mobility items […]

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The Canddo Project

February 13, 2025 Bron Afon No comments yet

The Canddo Project is a community wellbeing group set in the beautiful grounds of Panteg House in Griffithstown.  Here, people can meet in nature, learn new skills such as DIY, woodworking, crafting and gardening, and make new friends at their weekly warm hub.  It’s also helping to tackle loneliness and promote positive mental health.  Canddo’s […]

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Your Rent Increase for 2025.

January 14, 2025 Bron Afon Comments Off on Your Rent Increase for 2025.

Our rent increase this year is 2.7% from April 2025 in line with Welsh Government policy. We also use our rent policy to work out what you should pay. You will see an increase of up to £2 per week over the 2.7% if you are below target rent, and if you are above target […]

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Pitch4Pounds: Helping Merchant’s Hill Craft Club Make a Difference

December 17, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Pitch4Pounds: Helping Merchant’s Hill Craft Club Make a Difference

We love a happy community story!  Here’s a lovely update from Jayne Curtis, who runs Merchant’s Hill Baptist Church Craft Club. They received £300 from our Pitch4Pounds funding earlier this year:  “Merchant’s Hill Baptist Church Craft Club were extremely grateful and very pleased to have been successful in their Pitch4Pound community money, gaining £300 from […]

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Getting Ready for Christmas: How to Keep Your Decorations Safe and Sparkling

December 3, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Getting Ready for Christmas: How to Keep Your Decorations Safe and Sparkling

It’s that magical time of year when we start to untangle our fairy lights, dust off our decorations, and bring the festive spirit to life. Whether your Christmas tree is already up, or you’re holding off for a few more days, there’s one thing we all need to remember: safety first. Christmas lights and electronic […]

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Glanwern residents enjoy benefits of intergenerational living.

November 21, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Glanwern residents enjoy benefits of intergenerational living.

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP has visited Bron Afon’s newest independent living development, Glanwern House in Pontypool.  It is the first intergenerational scheme created by Bron Afon. The ten new homes are a mix of one-bedroom flats, two-bedroom houses and a three-bedroom house. They are all energy efficient and built to EPC A, featuring non-fossil fuel infra-red […]

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Help is Here. How to Access Support if you need it.

November 12, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Help is Here. How to Access Support if you need it.

Support if you are struggling   We know times are tight for many of our customers. If you’re struggling with your energy and water bills, or if you need a voucher for a local foodbank, there is support available.  Here are some organisations that can help:  Priority Services Register (PSR)  The Priority Services Register (PSR) is a […]

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Safeguarding At Bron Afon

October 14, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Safeguarding At Bron Afon

At Bron Afon, safeguarding means ensuring that children and vulnerable adults are protected from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. This involves working together with different agencies to tackle these issues. What is Safeguarding? Safeguarding is about protecting those at risk—whether children or vulnerable adults—from harm. Everyone at Bron Afon has a responsibility to identify concerns, share […]

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Raising Awareness of Welsh Housing Quality Standard

October 1, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Raising Awareness of Welsh Housing Quality Standard

At Bron Afon, we are committed to ensuring our homes meet the latest standards set by Welsh Government. As part of this commitment, we are fully aligning with the updated Welsh Housing Quality Standards (WHQS) 2023. Introduced to improve the quality of social housing, WHQS 2023 builds upon the original 2002 standard. This new version […]

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Bron Afon is starting a 4 day week pilot.

September 23, 2024 Bron Afon Comments Off on Bron Afon is starting a 4 day week pilot.

Bron Afon will run a six-month pilot of working a 4-day week (4DW) starting on Monday 30 September.   We’re excited to be participating in the next national pilot and expect to learn a lot from the experience. The health and safety of our customers and colleagues is our absolute priority. We will not be closing […]

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Epilepsy Safe Mode
Dampens color and removes blinks
This mode enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
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This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
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This mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
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    Accessibility Statement

    • www.bronafon.org.uk
    • May 9, 2025

    Compliance status

    We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

    To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

    This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.

    Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.

    If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email

    Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

    Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:

    1. Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.

      These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.

    2. Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.

      Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

    Disability profiles supported in our website

    • Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
    • Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
    • Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
    • ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
    • Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
    • Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

    Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments

    1. Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
    2. Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
    3. Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
    4. Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
    5. Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
    6. Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
    7. Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.

    Browser and assistive technology compatibility

    We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).

    Notes, comments, and feedback

    Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to