Web accessibility compliance statement
The Fight for Sight website uses principles of Inclusive Design. Our aim is that the website is accessible for people with a range of disabilities, including those who are blind and vision impaired.
The website has been built with the needs of those with experiences of vision loss in mind, as well as those who navigate the online world with a variety of other disabilities. The teams who have built the site have also been informed by internationally recognised guidance and frameworks.
Web accessibility conformance statement
Fight for Sight is committed to testing and delivering all web content on it’s website to WCAG 2.1, level A and AA compliance. We achieve this by testing our web pages and content against the WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA checkpoints and make changes to ensure we meet the success criteria.
There are three available levels of compliance, A, AA and AAA, with AAA being the highest level.
Our website also undergoes user testing by people who are blind and vision impaired.
The checkpoints we test against are taken from the technical standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG), published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We test using this standard to ensure that we’re meeting their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 and the EU Web Accessibility Directive.
Some examples of how we implement these standards are as follows:
- Ensuring that all text shown across the website is displayed with a colour contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1. This can make it possible, more comfortant, or easier for many users to see or read web content.
- Providing users with a number of tools to allow for greater flexibility for users who may need to adapt the way the website's content is displayed, such as text size controls and high colour contrast mode (Found at the top of this page). This can make it possible, more comfortant, or easier for many users to see or read web content.
- Ensuring that all our content is accessible via screen reader.
- Ensuring that media content such as image or video, is uploaded to the website with a relevant and useful alternative text tag.
Compliance standards (what we test against)
We try our best to ensure we test with a wide range of technologies, but we can’t commit to testing every browser version with every version of assistive technology, nor testing on every operating system version or mobile handset type. We focus on testing with more recent technology, as this enables more security and provides improved accessibility features and accessibility support for users.
Technology we use for testing
We test the website using the following browsers and assistive technology combinations:
- Microsoft Edge and JAWS 2020 (latest version).
- Firefox and NVDA (latest version).
Where to find accessibility functions
Above our main navigation menu, you'll find tools that enable you to change the functionality and appearance of our site. You can change the colour mode and size of the text displayed.
Nowadays, hardware and software come with accessibility functions included as standard, which means you can adapt your phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, or website browser if you know how.
Below are some resources you might find useful:
AbilityNet
Free, independent technology support for older and disabled people is provided by a network of 450 DBS-checked volunteers.
My Computer My Way
Offers step-by-step instructions on how to adapt your phone, computer or tablet to meet your needs. You can search for a specific adjustment (e.g. making text larger) or filter the guides based on your need (e.g. hand tremor).
Third-party functionality and services
In some places on our website, we depend on third parties to deliver functionality and services that we cannot perform ourselves. Wherever possible, we work with third parties to ensure that the service they provide achieves conformance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
We cannot guarantee that all our third-party applications and services will always remain accessible and usable due to various updates made by third-party suppliers.
External links
Fight for Sight is not responsible for the content of external websites, nor any accessibility issues that may be present on those websites.
PDF documents
PDF documents may present accessibility challenges to users of assistive technology. We will therefore provide an alternative format alongside with any PDF documents distributed.
If you experience any accessibility issues with any documents found on the Fight for Sight website, please request an alternative format by emailing info@fightforsight.org.uk
Legacy support
While we try to ensure support for older browsers, it is not always possible or feasible to continue this support. We urge those on legacy systems to upgrade, as this will provide the most optimised and secure browsing experience.
Improvements
We are committed to the continual improvement of the accessibility of our website. We achieve this by doing the following:
- Perform regular accessibility audits.
- Speaking with our customers and incorporating their feedback to improve our services.
- Keep up with the latest best practices and evolving standards.
If you experience any accessibility issues while using our website, please let us know by emailing info@fightforsight.org.uk