Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the SSSC Making Better Decisions learning resource.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this resource. For example, that means you should be able to:

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
navigate most of the website using screen reading software.

We’ve used Plain English to help more people understand the content.

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

How accessible this website is
Feedback and contact information
Reporting accessibility issues with this website
Enforcement procedure
Compliance status
Non-accessible content
Preparation of this accessibility statement
Additional information about this website’s accessibility.

1. How accessible this website is.

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. You can see a full list of any issues we currently know about in the Non-accessible content section of this statement.

Text size may not increase when your browser’s font settings are changed, however you can zoom in by pressing Ctrl and + on your keyboard or Cmd and + on an Apple keyboard.

2. Feedback and contact information.

If you need any information or content on this website please contact us:

email: digitallearning@sssc.uk.com

Telephone: 0345 60 30 891

British Sign Language (BSL): BSL users can contact us via the Contact Scotland BLS relay service.

3. Reporting accessibility issues 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, please email digitallearning@sssc.uk.com or telephone the SSSC’s enquiries team on 0345 60 30 891.

Read tips on contacting organisations about inaccessible websites.

4. Enforcement procedure.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’).

If you contact us and you’re not happy with how we respond to your feedback or complaint you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

5. Compliance status.

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

6. Non-accessible content

We are working towards making the website fully compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines. The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

NON-COMPLIANCE WITH ACCESSIBILITY REGULATIONS

The videos do not have transcripts or closed captions. We are working to add transcripts and captions to all the videos featured in this resource and this work will be completed by December 2023.
Some images are used as buttons and do not contain alt text or link titles. We are working on fixing this and this work will be completed by December 2023.
Some images on the home page do not have alt text. We will ensure all images have alt text by December 2023.
The "Go back" navigation button is an image and features text which is not readable by screen readers. We will replace this with a button using readable text by December 2023.
Not all links have link titles. We will ensure that this is fixed by December 2023.

7. Preparation of this accessibility statement.

This statement was prepared on 21st June 2023. It was last reviewed on 21st June 2023.

This website was last tested 21st June 2023.

The test was carried out by the SSSC using the Accessibility Insights for Web tool.

All pages within this resource were tested on multiple devices.

8. Additional information about this website’s accessibility.

The following list provides extra details about what we have done to make the website accessible.

This website can be used in portrait or landscape orientation.
It will display well on a range of devices including mobile phones.
Content can be zoomed up to 300% without spilling off the screen. This does not happen on the mobile versions, but your phone’s accessibility systems (if used) will allow you to do this.
Content which is resized on a large scale is arranged in a single column. When resized there is no loss of information and the majority of images will also remain.
There is no loss of information or function when the text spacing is changed by the user, this includes line height, spaces following paragraphs, letter spacing, and word spacing.
The site can be navigated using a keyboard and no keyboard traps found. This means the user should always be able to navigate in and out of any spaces using a keyboard.
The website pages were tested with W3C Mark-up Validator Service in June 2023. No errors were found.