Accessibility statement
Accessibility isn't a checkbox at the end of a build; it's part of how this site was put together. This page explains what's been done, where it's still incomplete, and how to tell us when something doesn't work for you.
Our target
We aim for WCAG 2.2 AA. We're confident this site meets it in most places; we haven't had that independently audited by a third party yet, so we won't claim full compliance until it has been.
Built in
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Real semantics. Every button is a
<button>; every link is an<a>. No click handlers bolted onto a plain<div>. - Keyboard-first. Every control reaches with Tab, and focus stays visible.
- Skip link. Press Tab on page load and you can jump past the navigation in one keypress.
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British English locale.
lang="en-GB"on the page, so screen readers use the right voice. -
Real heading structure. One
<h1>per page with a proper hierarchy underneath it, so screen readers can navigate it like a contents list. - Colour is never the only signal. Status and selection are always paired with text, an icon or a shape.
User-controllable
The accessibility button in the bottom-left corner of every page lets you set:
- Text size – normal, large, larger
- Line spacing – normal, wide, wider
- High-contrast mode – black on white, underlined links
- Dyslexia-friendly font – OpenDyslexic, self-hosted
- Reduce motion – turns off animations and transitions
Your choices are stored in your own browser (localStorage), not a cookie, and we
never see them on the server. We also automatically respect your operating system's
"reduce motion" setting; the widget's toggle is there for when that OS setting is wrong for
you, or you want it stronger.
Where we're still working on it
- This site hasn't had a formal third-party accessibility audit.
- This statement covers datapace.co.uk itself; a client project's own accessibility requirements are scoped per engagement.
Tell us when we miss something
If you hit a wall on this site – a screen reader mispronouncing something, a control you can't reach with a keyboard, a colour combination that doesn't work for you – please tell us. We treat every report as a bug.
Email hello@datapace.co.uk with "Accessibility" in the subject line. We aim to respond within five working days, with a fix or a date for one.
Last reviewed: September 2026