We commit to ensuring the communications we produce are clear and accessible to the widest range of people.
We recognise our obligations under The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 and the Equality Act 2010.
We're working hard to make the website conform to level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1). We recognise we have more work to do to achieve this.
This site was tested using a combination of automated accessibility tools and manual testing methods. This included:
Testing was carried out by members of the Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central Saint Martins.
This website is not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. The non-accessible sections are listed below.
It has not been possible to ensure that the website meets WCAG 2.1 (AA) at the current time because:
Some images may not have alternative text descriptions. Some images contain text and these too may not have alternative text descriptions. Other decorative and spacer images may not have null alternative text.
This website missing headings such as "h1" and "h2" and is therefore missing important document structure, outlines and navigational functionality to assistive technology users.
We can't guarantee the site is entirely navigable using only keyboard or voice input and user who navigate using keyboard may get stuck when attempting to open external links to third party sites.
Our downloadable documents may not be accessible and in some cases our documents are hosted on third party websites which may also not be accessible. None of the documents on this website were published on or after 23 September 2018 and none are needed for active administration purposes. Therefore, we will not be retrospectively making these documents accessible. Please contact us if you the content of any of these documents in a suitable accessible format.
Some links do not have discernible text and some are not distinguishable by just their link texts.
The language of the site has not been set using the "html lang" attribute. This may prevent screen readers reading the content in the appropriate language.
The website uses layout tables and the content of these tables is not tabular This may cause reading and navigation order issues. Screen readers may interpret such tables as data tables.
We are working to meet the compliance as specified in The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 by the September 2020 deadline.
We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren't listed on this page or think we're not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, please contact us at designagainstcrime@csm.arts.ac.uk.
If you are not able to access a service or content on the website, contact Mary Ashcroft (Design Against Crime Research Centre Administrator). Please include details of the content you need and the required format. We will then work with the team who own the service/content to get you what you need.
To report an issue with the website or to make a complaint, please contact Mary Ashcroft (Design Against Crime Research Centre Administrator) at designagainstcrime@csm.arts.ac.uk.
We aim to provide you with an initial response within 48 hours and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your enquiry.
If you feel we have not answered your complaint satisfactorily, please contact us again. We will escalate your complaint to the director of the Design Against Crime Research Centre, Lorraine Gamman, who will work with the team who provides the service/content to get you a response.
This statement was prepared on Tuesday 31st March 2020.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you're not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).