Coding for Justice
Made-up example — no real job is openWork under way

Make a council web page easier to read

A made-up council page hides three key facts: what may change, the last day to reply and where to send a reply.

Read this page to see what is wrong. Jump to the small jobs to see how helping would work.

Lead
Coding for Justice
Check again
13 Sept 2026
Group we work with
None — this page is made up

The problem

What we know

Where this happens
This is a made-up council page. It is here to show how the site works. It is not about a real town or person.
Who gets hurt or shut out
People who find long official pages hard to read, use a phone, need more time or have trouble with dense words.
What we know
A reader needs to find three things: what may change, the last day to reply and where to send a reply.
What we do not know
We do not know if a short guide would help more people reply to a real council page.
What people do not agree on
There is no real council or claim to argue about. The whole page is made up.
What better would look like
A reader can find all three key facts without help.
What we will try first
Write a short guide. Ask five people if they can find the three key facts.
How we keep people safe — and when we stop
Use no names or private facts. Name no real council. Stop if any real person can be known from the page.

Example jobs

See how helping would work

These jobs are made up. You cannot sign up. A real job will say if it is paid or unpaid.

Made-up job — not open
Read the guide and mark what is hard to follow

Write down the three key facts and mark one bit that is hard to follow.

Time
20 minutes
Where
At home
People needed
2 contributors
Check by
6 Sept 2026

Skills: Careful reading. No expert skill needed.

This job is made up. No work or pay is being offered.

More about this job

Why it matters

The guide must make sense to a reader, not just to the person who wrote it.

How we know it is done

Three short answers with no names or private facts.

Who does it — who checks it

Guide writer → Access checker

When to stop

Stop after two clear replies, or if the made-up page changes.

Made-up job — not open
Try it with a keyboard and text twice the size

Say what works and what breaks when you use only a keyboard and make the text twice as big.

Time
1 hour
Where
At home
People needed
1 contributor
Check by
6 Sept 2026

Skills: Accessibility testing

This job is made up. No work or pay is being offered.

More about this job

Why it matters

Clear words do not help if the page itself is hard to use.

How we know it is done

Name the browser and say what worked or broke.

Who does it — who checks it

Site maker → A second access checker

When to stop

Stop if the page cannot be used. Fix that fault before doing more.

Made-up job — not open
Plan a safe test with a real group

One page that says who takes part, what they agree to, what success means and when to stop.

Time
Half-day
Where
At home
People needed
2 contributors
Check by
13 Sept 2026

Skills: Planning a fair test with people

This job is made up. No work or pay is being offered.

More about this job

Why it matters

A made-up test cannot prove that the idea works for real people.

How we know it is done

The group and the person who checks the test both say yes.

Who does it — who checks it

Test lead → A person from the group

When to stop

Stop if no group will use the result, or if the test needs private case files.

News

What changed since the last check

30 Aug 2026

The made-up page is ready to check

The made-up council page and short guide are ready. The next step is for a person to check the words and the page.

New facts
The example now says what it covers, what we saw and when to stop.
What is still wrong
No real form, rule or service has been fixed yet.
Who goes next — and when we check
Guide writer, 6 Sept 2026

Result

What changed

Made-up result30 Aug 2026

In the made-up test, putting the date first worked better

What we did

We made five pretend reader notes and used them to check the guide.

What changed

Four found all three facts. One missed the last day to reply until we put it in the first paragraph.

Our proof

This was made up. No real people took part, so it proves nothing about a real council page.

How sure are we?

claimed

Who checked it?

Coding for Justice made-up test

Who did this help?

Only the pretend readers in the example.

What did not change

We do not know if the guide would help more real people reply or change a real choice.

What we learnt and what happens next

Doing a task is not the same as helping people. A real test needs real readers who say yes and a group that will use the result.

Where this result came from

Public proof only. No private reply was used.