Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport Tool

This website is run by The Scottish Sports Council (Trading as sportscotland).

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means 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 tool using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the tool using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the tool using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. 

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

How accessible this tool is

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

  • Link to external PDF document
  • Heading structure
  • Colour contrast
  • Duplicate information presented for images
  • Navigating the site with a keyboard

Feedback and contact information

If you cannot access any part of this site or want to report an accessibility problem, please contact us at:

  • website@sportscotland.org.uk
  • 0141 534 6587

We will consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days. 

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are 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: website@sportscotland.org.uk

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). 

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

Our offices are currently closed and our main switchboard is not being monitored. The best way to contact us is by email. See our contact us page for contacts at each of our locations.

We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment. 

Deaf / BSL users can contact us using the Contact Scotland service

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit, we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter. 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

sportscotland 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 partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Link to PDF document

The website mirrors a set of standards which are published on a third-party website in PDF format. The site references this PDF document but the document may not be fully accessible. Links to this document don’t currently denote that a PDF document will open

Colour contrast

The site has two interface components that do not provide sufficient text/background contrast:

  • Drop down menu default text
  • Dashboard text on bar graphs (white on yellow)

Use of colour

The dashboard gives a visual representation of progress using coloured bar graphs.

For a small number of colour blind users it may be difficult to associate the bar graphs with the key. Users on desktops or laptops will be able to hover over the bar and see a text description but this isn’t possible on mobile devices.

Images – duplicate information

A couple of logos on the site include duplicate information in alt text and image title.

Navigating the site with a keyboard

One for the form elements is difficult to navigate out of using a keyboard.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are continually looking to make improvements to the usability and accessibility of our websites. Accessibility is a priority for any future developments to the site and we will work to address any specific accessibility issues reported by users of the site using the contact details above.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 13 October 2021. It was last reviewed on 14 October 2021.

This tool was last tested on 7 October 2021. The accessibility test was carried out by sportscotland.

We tested pages based upon their usage (most popular) and the ones that would have the greatest impact for users if they were not accessible.