Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement applies to the website, https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/
How Accessible is this Website?
We know our website is currently inaccessible
- This website uses JavaScript to deliver certain features. Please make sure you have JavaScript turned on within your browser to deliver full features.
- Main Bypass block is not contained within Header landmark
- Status Messages on Search Results do not exist.
- Voice Recognition users won’t be able to access all mobile navigation menus.
- Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software;
- Live video streams do not have captions;
A new website is currently being prepared for Charity Commission of Northern Ireland this will be published by November 2024. This website is being developed to the international standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG) – Level AA.
Feedback and contact information
We are always looking for ways to improve the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed within this statement, or believe we are not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations please follow the link to Contact Us Form
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 Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI)
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Charity Commission of Northern Ireland are committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance Status
The current website is not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.
Non-accessible content
We know some parts of this website are not yet fully accessible. To address the following issues would fall under the Disproportionate Burden Exemption.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
- Colour contrast issues with the default colour schema.
- This website uses JavaScript to deliver certain features. Please make sure you have JavaScript turned on within your browser to deliver full features.
- Main Bypass block is not contained within Header landmark
- Status Messages on Search Results do not exist.
- Voice Recognition users won’t be able to access all mobile navigation menus.
- Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software;
- Live video streams do not have captions;
Voice-recognition issues
It has come to our attention that voice-recognition software does not access controls because there is an incorrect visual label in place, or a visual label does not exist. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.5.3 Label in Name.
This occurs within the search bar and accessibility widget panel in a mobile view. Making it difficult for users who rely on voice recognition software to navigate around our website to access these components easily.
These issues will be resolved when our new website is launched in November 2024.
Screen-Reader reading issues with Landmark regions
It has come to our attention that some of our accessibility features are not correctly contained within landmarks. This means it will be difficult for screen-reader users to find all content using landmarks. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 1.3.1 and 4.1.1.
Navigating the website can still be achieved by using heading levels and link text.
These issues will be resolved when our new website is launched in November 2024.
Screen-Reader reading issues with Status Messages
It has come to our attention that status messages alerting users to changes within content are not being read out. This means it will be difficult for screen-reader users to become notified of changes within our websites. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.3 Status Message.
These issues will be resolved when our new website is launched in November 2024.
Disproportionate Burden
We are currently in the process of launching a new website to replace the current website. Our website provider is focused on delivering the new website that meets the new accessibility regulations. Therefore, all the issues listed in this statement are mentioned to give users full disclosure.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
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.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
The new version of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WCAG 2.2 were published on 5th October 2023.
This will replace WCAG 2.1 as the legally required accessibility standard in October 2024.
A new website is currently being prepared for Charity Commission of Northern Ireland this will be published by November 2024. This website has been developed to the international standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG) – Level AA.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 23rd August 2020. It will be reviewed every year in accordance with the regulations. It was last reviewed on 18th September 2024.
This website was last tested on 18th September 2024.
To prepare this statement an accessibility test was carried out by our website provider. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team.