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Accessibility - Strive Learning South Tees
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Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to strivelearning.southtees.nhs.uk.

This website is run by South Tees Research, Innovation & Education (STRIVE). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • 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.

How accessible this website is

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

  • Some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Non-HTML content is not fully accessible

If you need further assistance, you may want to access AbilityNet which provides advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a suitably different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re 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: stees.academic.centre@nhs.net

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 you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

Find out how to get in touch with us via our contact us page.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

South Tees Research, Innovation & Education (STRIVE) 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 and exemptions listed below:

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

PDFs and non-HTML documents

Some documents are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content and 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

If you require a document in an accessible format such as large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email stees.academic.centre@nhs.net

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and non-HTML documents

Some of our PDFs are essential to providing our services. For example, forms published as Word documents. By 2025, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix past copies of newsletters and archive meeting agendas.

Maps

Online maps and mapping services are exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

Third party content not within STRIVE control

Third party content that is not funded, developed by, or under the control of the OU is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

Disproportionate burden

We are not claiming any disproportionate burden at the moment.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of any document from this website in a more accessible format, please email stees.public.relations@nhs.net to tell us what format you require. It will help us if you let us know what type of assistive technology you use.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 27 March 2023. It was last reviewed on 27 March 2023.

Our website was tested on 27 March 2023. The test was carried out by STRIVE staff. The tests were based on a sample of pages from the site. The pages were chosen to be representative of different types of content. An emphasis was placed on pages that were either used by many people or would significantly affect particular groups of users, and these pages were tested first. Testing was undertaken by a combination of manual and automated methods.