Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to www.preventcharityfraud.org.uk.

This website is owned and operated by Fraud Advisory Panel. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means that 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. However, some articles require a level of technical understanding due to the nature of the topics they cover.

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

How accessible this website is

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • live video streams and on-demand webinars and videos do not have captions
  • the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

Feedback and contact information

If you would like any of the information on this website in a different format like HTML, accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 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, contact:

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

This website has been launched by Fraud Advisory Panel in collaboration with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales 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 fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

NON-ACCESSIBLE CONTENT

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

On-demand videos and webinars

We do not plan to add captions to on-demand videos and webinars because this content was neither funded nor developed by, nor under the control of, the Charity Commission for England and Wales and is therefore exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

PREPARATION OF THIS ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This statement was prepared on 10 September 2021. It was last reviewed on 10 September 2021.

This website was last tested on 10 September 2021. The test was carried out by Big Top Multimedia.

In deciding on a sample of pages to test we chose the main entry points to the website and a sample of pages using the primary template layouts for the site.  Testing was carried out using automated testing tools such as those available from webaccessibility.com.