ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This website is run by the The GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign (“The GREAT Campaign”, "we" or "us"). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using in-browser settings
  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible is this website?

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • some images and call to action buttons might not have descriptive textual alternative

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website:

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within ten days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website:

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The GREAT Campaign is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

Some of our hyperlinks are missing a meaningful description, so users with a screen reader might have challenges in understanding the meaning of content. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose

We plan to add descriptive text by May 2020. When we publish new content we will make sure all hyperlinks will have meaningful descriptions.

Our campaign video does not have Captions for all pre-recorded audio content in synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labelled as such.

We plan to add captions by May 2020. When we publish new content we will make sure they

Disproportionate burden

We believe that none of the accessibility requirements present a disproportionate burden for our organization and because of it, we are working on resolving all of the non-compliances by June 2020.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Live video

Live video streams do not have captions. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.4 (captions - live).

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 2nd March 2020. The test was carried out by using Test Partners Ltd - 1 The Green, Richmond, TW9 1PL

We tested our main website platform, available at www.shewriteshistory.campaign.gov.uk

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are continuously working to improve our website and make it more accessible. We have identified the challenges and are working to resolve them by May 2020.

This statement was prepared and updated on the 4th March 2020.