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Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.lscpbirmingham.org.uk/

This website is run by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership. 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 using the options on your computer
  • 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

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:

  • Some older PDF and Word documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:

BSCP.ContactUs@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk

Emails should be addressed to Katherine Adams, our Social Media and Communications Officer.

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).

Contacting us by phone

Tel: 0121 464 2612

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership 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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to ‘the non-compliances’ listed below.

Non accessible content

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

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some PDFs and other documents are essential to providing our services but do not meet accessibility standards as they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader.

We plan to upload revised versions of these documents as soon as we can.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards but are not essential to providing our services:

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.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Our website’s accessibility is monitored by SiteImprove.

We receive monthly reports from SiteImprove detailing any accessibility issues on the website, any required improvements will be actioned on a monthly basis.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21st April 2023, it will be reviewed on 22nd April 2024.