Accessability
Statement for Sybarite Sporting Website
The following statement explains how sybaritesporting.com meets Websites and Mobile Apps (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations.
Contact: Sophie Liddle, Head of Digital, Digital Marketing and Communications
Version:
Approval date: 16 December 2024
Approved by: Sophie Liddle
Date of last review: 31 July 2024
Date of next review: 31 January 2025
This is an accessibility statement from Sybarite Sporting Ltd and applies to website [https://www.sybaritesporting.com] as the main website for Sybarite Sporting Ltd.
This website is run by the Sybarite Sporting Ltd.
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 400% 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.
If you have a disability, AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use.
How accessible is this website…
We understand some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
• some pages and document attachments are not written in plain English;
• PDF documents may not fully accessible to screen reader software;
• videos do not all have captions;
• some of our online forms may be difficult to navigate using just a keyboard;
• some aspects of our virtual tour are not fully accessible to screen readers and may be difficult to navigate;
• using a keyboard;
• our cues pop up on course pages occasionally covers content while scrolling the page.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
• please contact us [Sybarite Sporting Ltd]
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 business working days.
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:
• Sophie Liddle, Head of Content Strategy
• Email: please contact us [Sybarite Sporting Ltd]
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the 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)’.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Sybarite Sporting Ltd is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Websites and Mobile Applications (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
The full guidelines are available at: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2.
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Sybarite Sporting Website is fully conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Fully conformant means that the content fully conforms to the accessibility standard without any exceptions.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
• Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations.
The following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria:
• Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).
> We are constantly reviewing images on the website.
• Some of these PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services and forms published as Word documents. This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).
> We will try to make sure any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards, and where we find any that are not accessible, we will rectify this as soon as possible.
• There are some occurrences of badly formatted links either with text that is not descriptive enough, e.g. click here or have the full web address e.g. https://www. rather than formatted link text. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context).
> We are cannot eliminate all these link issues due to SEO issues.
• On some pages the font size is fixed. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.4.8 Visual Presentation.
> We are constantly reviewing this with our website developers, and will review this with the financial budget we have available to us.
Disproportionate burden
We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations:
> Older PDFs and other documents
Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).
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 archival Council meeting minutes for the 2016/17 academic year.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
> Pre-recorded and live time-based media
Pre-recorded videos published before 23 September 2020 may not include captions or transcripts.
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
> Third-party content
Some authors may choose to link content hosted on external websites that are not owned, paid for, or developed by Sybarite Sporting Ltd. This content may not be accessible.
Measures to support accessibility…
We plan to carry out a regular monthly website audit of bath.ac.uk using an automated service, followed by manual prioritisation of issues with key user journeys.
We use a publishing platform which is stable and has been tested for accessibility issues. This cuts down, but doesn't totally remove, the risk of web editors adding content that is not accessible.
Sybarite Sporting Ltd takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Sybarite Sporting Website:
• include accessibility as part of our mission statement;
• include accessibility throughout our internal policies;
• integrate accessibility into our procurement practices;
• appoint an accessibility officer and/or ombudsperson;
• provide continual accessibility training for our staff;
• assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities;
• employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods;
• include people with disabilities in our design personas.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 10 November 2019.
We will take a headline review of 10 pages using 10 accessibility criteria on each page to identify the components and templates that are re-used across the site. These criteria are aligned to WCAG W3C Easy Checks methodology which form part of the compliance monitoring process for the Public Sector Web Accessibility Regulations. The 10 pages will be chosen as a result of the analysis of typical user journeys across the website and will include a sample of our different page templates.
Design framework
Most of the Sybarite Sporting webpages use a design system called WIX. This system was built with accessibility in mind from the outset. All the page and design elements for the website are designed to create consistent pages with unified behaviours and styles.
Contact
If you have any queries about this 'accessibility statement', please send an email.