Accessibility statement for the UK Prevention Research Partnership

This accessibility statement applies to https://ukprp.org/.

This website is run by the UK Prevention Research Partnership. 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
  • 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:

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille email UKPRP@mrc.ukri.org.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 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 UKPRP@mrc.ukri.org.

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 UK Prevention Research Partnership 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.

Disproportionate burden

PDFs
Most PDFs are not accessible for screen readers.

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with PDFs. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment in 2021.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Any new PDFs we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 7th December 2020. It was last reviewed on 7th December 2020.

This website was last tested on 7th December 2020. The test was carried out by Binary Vision.

We chose a sample of pages including the Resources section, as they represent a comprehensive mix of content.