Accessibility

Our Commitment

Little Angels Research Fund is committed to making its website accessible to as many people as possible, including those with disabilities. We want everyone who visits our site to be able to find out about our work, read our stories, and support us if they choose to, regardless of how they access the web.

We are working towards meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with a range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor impairments.

What We Have Done

To support accessibility, this website has been built with the following features:

• Semantic HTML5 markup with appropriate heading structure throughout.
• All images include descriptive alt text.
• Navigation landmarks and ARIA labels to assist screen reader users.
• Breadcrumb navigation with aria-label and aria-current attributes.
• Sufficient colour contrast between text and backgrounds throughout the site.
• The site is fully keyboard-navigable. You can tab through all interactive elements.
• Responsive design that works across a wide range of screen sizes and devices.
• No content flashes more than three times per second (to avoid triggering seizures).
• Form fields on the Contact page include descriptive labels.

Known Limitations

We are a small charity and this website is in its early stages. We are aware of the following limitations and are working to address them:

• Some decorative icons may not yet have fully consistent screen reader treatment across all pages.
• The background video on the home page includes a play/pause control but does not yet have audio description, as it is a visual-only decorative video with no spoken content.
• Some third-party services (such as embedded payment forms) are outside our direct control and may not fully meet WCAG 2.1 AA.

How to Get Help

If you find any part of this website difficult to use, or if you need information in a different format, please contact us and we will do our best to help. We can provide:

• Information about our work in plain text by email.
• Large-print or audio versions of key documents on request.
• Alternative ways to donate or get in touch if the online forms are not working for you.

Useful Resources

If you find it helpful to adjust how you view websites, the following resources may assist you:

• AbilityNet — My Computer My Way: advice on adjusting your device to make it easier to use.
• BBC Accessibility Help: guides to adjusting your browser and operating system settings.
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: in-depth resources on web accessibility standards.

Feedback and Reporting Problems

We take accessibility seriously and welcome feedback. If you encounter a problem, or if a page or feature is not working for you, please let us know. We aim to respond to accessibility queries within five working days. If you are not satisfied with our response, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018. Note: as a charity, we are not currently in scope of these regulations, but we use them as a benchmark for our own standards.