Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the H&F Safeguarding Adults Board website.

This website is run by the Hammersmith & Fulham Safeguarding Adults Board. 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 using browser or device settings
zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using a keyboard or 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.

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

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.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email the H&F web team at webmaster@lbhf.gov.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille email us at safeguardingadults@lbhf.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working 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

Hammersmith & Fulham Safeguarding Adults Board is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard.

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

Non-accessible content

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The table header cells on our cookies page do not have enough contrast. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast - minimum).

The navigation menu toggle buttons do not have unique IDs. This fails WCAG success criteria 4.1.1 (Parsing).

Documents

Some documents on this website have contrast issues that make the text hard to read. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast - minimum).

Some PDFS on this website do not have a heading structure. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).

Some PDFs on this website are missing text alternatives for images. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).

Disproportionate burden

Not applicable.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix pre-recorded videos published before 23 September 2020. This applies to the videos published as part of the annual report for 2018-19 which are missing transcriptions. We have no plans to publish these.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 15 July 2024. It was last reviewed on 18 July 2024.

This website was last tested on 15 July 2024. The test was carried out by Hammersmith & Fulham Council.