Accessibility Statement

This website is run by Shades of Noir. Shades of Noir 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:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
• We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
• UserWay creates advanced website accessibility solutions that help ensure ADA compliance with WCAG 2.1, ADA, ATAG 2.0, EN 301-549, and Section 508 regulations as required by US & international governmental & regulatory bodies. https://userway.org/
  
  

Measures to support accessibility

Shades of Noir takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of shadesofnoir.org.uk:

• 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.
  
  

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 our team at shadesofnoir.org.uk:

• E-mail: info@shadesofnoir.org.uk 

We will try to respond to feedback within 5 business days.

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

Shades of Noir 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.

Please use the ‘report issue’ button if you encounter an issue. 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 December 2023. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

This statement was prepared on 09.07.2020.