The National Phenome Centre

Accessibility on National Phenome Centre main website

This statement applies to content published on the main National Phenome Centre domain www.phenomecentre.org/. It does not apply to content accessed via other domains/sub domain.

For other web addresses you should refer to the accessibility statement for that domain or sub domain.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
  • Resize to the size of your window, and display a readable text size whichever device you are using
  • Zoom in up to 175% without the text spilling off the screen

AbilityNet also has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible the website is

We know some of this content may not be fully accessible, for example:

  • Some pages have poor colour contrast
  • Some IDs are duplicated
  • Some input buttons do not have discernible text
  • Some form elements do not have a label
  • Some links do not have discernible text

What we do about known issues

We work to achieve and maintain WCAG 2.1 AA standards, but it is not always possible for all our content to be accessible. Where content is not accessible, we will state a reason, warn users and offer alternatives.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The National Phenome Centre is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the known issues listed below.

Non accessible content

National Phenome Centre is currently carrying out accessibility testing on different aspects of the website. Once this is complete, we will update this section with any areas of the website which do not meet accessibility standards.

The content that is not accessible is outlined with details of:

  • where it fails the success criteria
  • planned dates for when issues will be fixed

View our current list of non accessible content

Some documents and content are exempt from the regulations (such as live video content and PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services), so we do not currently have any plans to make them accessible. But if you need to access information in one of these document types, you can contact us and ask for an alternative format

Reporting accessibility issues

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille or if you find any accessibility issues not listed on this page then please contact PhenomeCentre@imperial.ac.uk.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within seven 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).

How we test this website

This website is currently being tested for accessibility compliance, and these tests are being carried out both internally and through an external software testing and quality assurance (QA) company.

Last updated

This statement was prepared on 10 December 2020. It was last updated on 10 December 2020.