Accessibility

Place2Be is committed to providing a website that is inclusive and accessible to everyone, regardless of ability or needs.

Our site has been designed by following World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards, the suggested best practice. We have built our pages to comply with the standards and guidelines available and strive to continue extending this compliance.

Accessibility on your device

Your accessibility preferences can be changed to work on different devices and with other technologies. We’ve looked at the most common devices and technology brands and outlined how you can make these changes to suit your personal needs:

Accessibility on your browser

Our website has been built to display correctly on the following common browsers:

Firefox
Chrome
Edge
Safari

If you need to improve your browser experience, you can change this within the browser settings.

How we’re making our website accessible

Accessibility guidelines

We aim to ensure that all pages on our website conform to the Level AA standard of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. These guidelines help us make sure that our website is accessible and user-friendly for everyone.

Language

All text is written in plain English and is clear and concise
Acronyms are given a complete definition when we use them for the first time on a page
Pages have clear and descriptive titles
Paragraphs and sentences are kept short and direct

Structure

Headings and sub-headings are clear and in the correct size
Text is aligned to the left side of pages
Bullet points and numbers are included to make content scannable and break up text

Format

All links have descriptive names
Provide alternative (alt) text for all images

ReciteMe

Our website includes a 3rd party tool online accessibility tool called ReciteMe. Click the icon in the bottom right of the screen to use.
It offers a wide range of accessibility tools, including page translation, screen reader, and various ways to alter the font / contrast / layout of all the pages and PDFs hosted on the website

Contact us

If you have any difficulty using the Place2be website or any of our affiliated sites, please email enquiries@place2be.org.uk and we will be happy to help.