Accessibility Statement

This website is run by Voices that Shake. Voices that Shake! is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Increase and decrease the font size without the text spilling off the screen;
  • Change the colour scheme to Grayscale, High Contrast or Negative Contrast;
  • Change the background colour to light instead of dark;
  • Underline the links;
  • Change the font to make it more easily readable;

We are using a plugin called ‘One Click Accessibility’ to enable the features listed above. We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

More information about One Click Accessibility >

 

Measures to support accessibility

Voices that Shake takes the following measures to ensure the accessibility of:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Outline accessibility intentions for all published documents and materials.
  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  • Embed accessibility into our procurement practices.

 

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible
  • the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window;
  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text;
  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software;
  • live video streams do not have captions;
  • some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard;
  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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

E-mail: info@voicesthatshake.org
Twitter @voicesthatSHAKE

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).

Techinical information about this website's accessibility

Voices that Shake 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 / known limitations

Audio/Video Content: Published videos may not have closed captions/subtitling options. We are currently working with a UK Transcription Service which supports disabled workers to provide (but is not limited to) Alt Text Descriptions and Written Transcripts.

If you encounter an issue, please contact us at info@voicesthatshake.org. Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).

We plan to add text alternatives for all images by September 2021. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

This statement was prepared on 31st August 2021. It was last reviewed on 31st August 2021. 

This website was last tested on 31st August 2021. The test was carried out by Hands Up.

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