Accessibility statement for GovWifi Team Manual
This accessibility statement applies to the GovWifi Team Manual at https://dev-docs.wifi.service.gov.uk/.
This website is run by the GovWifi team at the CO:D (Cabinet Office Digital), part of Cabinet Office. 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 problems
- 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.
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 for the following reasons:
- some links do not clearly explain where they lead, or that they lead to external sites
- some pages skip heading levels
- some images do not have good alternative text, or have no alternative text
- there are issues caused by our Technical Documentation Template
Feedback and contact information
If you need any part of this service in a different format like large print, audio recording or braille, email govwifi-support@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 2 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems 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, email govwifi-support@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk.
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
The CO:D is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
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
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some links do not clearly explain where they lead, or that they lead to external sites. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 2.4.4 Link purpose (in context) and 2.4.4 Link purpose (in context).
Some pages skip heading levels. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 1.3.1 Info and Relationships, 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks and 2.4.6 Headings and Labels.
Some images do not have good alternative text, or have no alternative text. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content.
There are parts of this documentation that are not accessible because of issues caused by our Technical Documentation Template.
How we tested this website
We last tested this website for accessibility issues in May 2024.
We used manual and automated tests to look for issues such as:
- lack of keyboard accessibility
- link text that’s not descriptive
- non-unique or non-hierarchical headings
- italics, bold or block capital formatting
- inaccessible formatting in general
- inaccessible language
- inaccessible diagrams or images
- lack of colour contrast for text, important graphics and controls
- images not having meaningful alt text
- problems when using assistive technologies such as screen readers and screen magnifiers
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We plan to fix the accessibility issues in the content by the end of May 2022.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 18 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 20 May 2024.
This website was last tested in May 2024. The test was carried out by the team at GovWifi. We used the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool and a checklist we created with the help of the GDS accessibility team. We tested a sample of pages from each section of the site.