Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILF Scotland) website.

ILF Scotland is commited to making the website application accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Measures to Support Accessibility

On our website you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate the website using just a keyboard
• navigate the website using speech recognition software
• listen to the website using a screen reader

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand by using plain English and providing Easy Read Guides or summary ‘At a Glance’ versions of key documents.

Our website is designed to work on all modern browsers, operating systems including iOS, Android and Linux, as well as on mobile devices, desktops and laptops.

Feedback and Contact Information

If you need information on this website in a different format (such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille) or want to report an accessibility issue, please contact us:

• communications@ILF.scot
• 0300 200 2022
• BSL: Using Contact Scotland BSL or the Contact Scotland BSL App
• ISL: Using IRIS (Irish Remote Interpreting Service)
• Ground Floor, Denholm House, Almondvale Business Park, Almondvale Way, Livingston, EH54 6GA

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission enforces the accessibility regulations (the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018).

If you’re not happy with how we respond to your feedback, contact:

In Scotland: Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

In Northern Ireland: Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI).

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA standard due to the following:

Non-Accessible Content

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

• The initial 'skip to content' keyboard shortcut is visible only to screen readers and not the main screen browser window. (WCAG 2.1, Guideline 2.4: Navigable, specifically under 2.4.1: Bypass Blocks.)
• Some content exists on pages that are not enclosed by HTML landmarks. Most of the main content falls within the header, nav, main and footer. (WCAG 2.1 Guideline 1.3: Adaptable, specifically under Success Criterion 1.3.1: Info and Relationships.)
• Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with policy information and forms published as Word documents. By 31 March 2025, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages. (WCAG 2.1 Guideline 1.1: Text Alternatives and Guideline 2.4: Navigable, particularly in the context of non-web documents (like PDFs and Word documents) and how they are made accessible.)

Content That’s Not Within the Scope of the Accessibility Regulations

Live video

While live video streams are exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations, we will include subtitles and a transcript of the video when we upload it to our website after the fact.

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

This statement was prepared on 10th August 2022, and last reviewed on 15th January 2024

An external accessibility audit was carried out on this website on 9th August 2022 by Internet Creation Ltd using AxeTools. This audit followed WCAG Evaluation Methodology.

We regularly test our website using our staff and award recipients to advise of accessibility issues.

Ongoing internal reviews are conducted on content published on this website as well as to the design components used to construct the site.