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Accessibility statement

Accessibility statement for hydrantprogramme.co.uk

This accessibility statement applies to the website hydrantprogramme.co.uk.

This website is run by the Hydrant Programme. 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.

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

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • Many PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Some videos do not have alternatives
  • Some images are not accessible to screen readers

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please send us a message using the form on our contact page..

If you need information on this website in a different format, or any other assistance, please use the form on our contact page.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as we can.

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

Hydrant 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 partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

  • Many PDFs are not accessible to screen readers due to the following failures: missing or inaccurate alt text (WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1, non-text content), missing tagging (WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1, info and relationships), and missing titles (WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.2 - page titled).
  • A Word document includes an inline image which is also missing alt-text, this fails WCAG 2.2 success criteria 1.1.1 (non-text content) and 1.3.2 (meaningful sequence).
  • The home page features a video that does not have an audio description or alternative such as a transcript, this fails WCAG 2.2 success criteria 1.3.2 (audio description or media alternative) amd 1.2.5 (audio description pre-recorded).
  • The Operation Makesafe page includes text that does not have sufficient contrast with its background, this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.3 (contrast).
  • News thumbnail images, and one image on CSE Taskforce, include text that is not included in the description, this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.5 (images of text).

We plan to address these issues by:

  • Reviewing PDFs for accessibility and updating where required
  • Removing the Word document, or replacing it with an accessible web page
  • Adding a transcript for the home page video (adding an audio description may not be possible)
  • Reviewing and amending the colours on the Operation Makesafe page
  • Either replacing news thumbnails with images that do not include text, or making sure the text is present in the description with suitable supporting alt text. On the CSE Taskforce page, remove the image or replace it with accessible HTML content.

We plan to work through these issues by the end of December 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 4 August 2025.

This website was last tested on 17 July 2025. The test was carried out by Bigfork Limited.

The website is created using defined templates and pre-defined content modules. Automated tests were applied to the whole website. For manual tests we chose a selection of pages that covered all of these variations: