Accessibility

The site has been designed to adhere to best practice by following W3C standards. We aim to be ‘AA compliant’ according to WCAG guidelines and comply to AAA standards where possible.

There are a number of steps we have taken to address accessibility needs that are detailed below:

The site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control all presentation and layout so that content is well structured and easily accessible via assistive devices.

Text size can be increased or decreased by using the zoom controls in your browser. Find the instructions for your browser below:

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

Microsoft Edge (adjust the zoom settings)

All images used for non aesthetic reasons have descriptive alternative text.

Content across the site has been written and formatted to make it as accessible as possible. This includes:

• The use of semantic headings which are descriptive and used to highlight sections of text.
• Clear and easy to understand language.
• Meaningful text used for all links.
• No information is conveyed exclusively through the use of colour.

We have designed pages and chosen colours to be accessible to colour-blind users.

There are a number of PDF documents available for download across the site. You can find out more about how to configure the free Adobe Reader software to obtain greater access to PDF files by visiting the Adobe site.

In order to avoid any conflict with personal access keys you may have set up on your computer, we have chosen not to install bespoke access keys on this site. Efforts have been made to ensure the site is as easy to navigate as possible.

We are continually seeking to make improvements to the site and welcome any comments, suggestions or feedback. If you are using adaptive technology and are having problems accessing information on the site, please email heretohelp@oxfam.org.uk with details of the problem you encountered and the technology you are using.

More information on how to make your browsing experience easier is available for the BBC's My Web My Way website. This includes advice and help for those who may benefit from making changes to their browser, operating system or computer to be able to view the web in a more accessible way.