Web accessibility statement for Innovate Oxfordshire

How accessible our website is, how to report issues and what to do if you can’t access parts of it.

This accessibility statement applies to:

• innovateoxfordshire.co.uk

This website is run by Oxfordshire County Council. 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 per cent without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We've 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.

We have designed this website with features that make it easier to use by everyone, including those with visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, or neurological disabilities. We aim to reach level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). These are the international standards for accessible websites and content.

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible, for example:

• many older PDF documents aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software
• some videos don’t have captions
• some images don't have descriptions of what the image shows
• colour contrast makes it hard to read the text in some parts of the website
• some pages show a Google map that screen reader users and keyboard users can find difficult to use
• information about external links that open in a new window is not communicated to touch screen readers and may cause an unexpected change in context
• embedded YouTube and Vimeo video iframes do not always contain a title and this content may be difficult to perceive for screen reader users
• some pages and documents are not written in plain English

We're always looking to improve the accessibility and usability of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Digital Content Team.

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).

We are committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

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

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services, but may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.2 success criteria 4.1.2 (name, role value).

We will continue to improve the accessibility of documents, prioritising those that are viewed most often.

We don't believe that the cost required to fix these issues are a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will review this decision as issues arise.

This website was last tested in April 2025 by our Digital Content Team.

Oxfordshire County Council continuously monitors the website using SiteImprove and manual checks and browser extensions. The last full in-house test was in February 2025. The test was carried out manually by our Digital Content Team.

We are testing:

• innovateoxfordshire.co.uk

We're doing our best to try to fix the issues outlined above. We continually monitor the accessibility compliance of our site and have weekly automated updates. Improving our site is part of the Digital Teams' daily work.

Contact Innovate Oxfordshire with comments and feedback.

This statement was prepared on 14 April 2025.