How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:- Header tags and image ALT tags make some elements of the content hard to differentiate for screen readers
- Navigation can not be accessed/controlled from a keyboard
- Older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us. 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. We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 days.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 Advisory and Support Service (EASS).Technical information about this website’s accessibility
SHARP 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
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard. This website is not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
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 plan to add text alternatives for all images by September 2024. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.What we’re doing to improve accessibility
As we develop the site and continue to add new content, we undertake to make the following improvements:- Update main site navigation to allow for keyboard control
- Ensure all links are formatted correctly
- Ensure all Header information is formatted correctly and provided in the correct order
- Ensure all images are properly described with unique ALT tags