Accessibility policy
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We want this site to work for everybody, whatever device or assistive technology is used to read it. This page says what we have done, where we know we fall short, and how to tell us when something does not work.
Our aim
This site should be usable by everybody, including people who browse with a keyboard, a screen reader, or a magnified display. We have built it to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 at level AA, and we treat that as a floor rather than a finish line.
What we have done
- Every page can be operated by keyboard alone, and the focused element is always visible.
- The site works with a screen reader, with headings in a sensible order and one main heading per page.
- Photographs carry text descriptions where they say something the page does not already say.
- Text meets the contrast levels the guidelines set, and the layout holds when text is enlarged to twice its size.
- Animation is decorative, never the only way to reach anything. If your device is set to reduce motion, the site respects that setting: the opening sequence, the page transitions and the smooth scrolling all stop.
- Video and audio are not used, so there is nothing that plays on its own.
Where we fall short
We know of two things and we are working on both.
- The photographs on older projects do not all carry text descriptions yet. We are adding them as we revisit each project.
- The gallery filter announces its results visually. We intend to announce the change to screen readers as well.
Tell us
If any part of this site is hard to use, we would rather hear it than not. Email or ring us using the details on the contact page, tell us which page and what happened, and we will reply within five working days. If you need information from this site in another format, ask and we will send it.
Reviewing this
We check the site against the guidelines when we make substantial changes to it, and at least once a year. The date at the top says when this statement was last reviewed.