Accessibility

What we have done

• Semantic HTML throughout — real headings, lists, landmarks and form labels, so screen readers can navigate the page structure.
• Keyboard navigation for everything interactive, with a visible focus ring and a “skip to main content” link as the first focusable element.
• Colour contrast meeting WCAG AA for body text and interface elements. Colour is never the only way information is conveyed.
• Reduced motion. The animated counters on the home page do not animate for visitors whose system requests reduced motion; the final figures are shown immediately. Screen readers are always given the final figure, never the intermediate tween.
• Responsive from 320px upwards, and text can be resized to 200% without loss of content.
• Forms have associated labels, describe their own errors in text, and announce results in a live region.
• Static pages for everything that does not need a login, so the site stays fast on a slow connection.

Known gaps in this prototype

• This build has not been through an independent accessibility audit or user testing with assistive technology.
• Avatars are generated placeholders; a live site would need photographs with meaningful alternative text.
• The admin dashboard charts convey their data in an accompanying table, but have not been tested with a screen reader.

Tell us

If something on this site does not work for you, please email bovf@bovf.org.uk and describe what happened. We would rather hear about it.