Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the website: www.realchangemanchester.co.uk and www.realchangemcr.co.uk, which is managed by the Real Change MCR partnership. 

You can find this accessibility statement on every page by selecting accessibility from the header and following links on that page.  

We want as many people as possible to be able to use the site, so have designed it with options to: 

  • 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) 

AbilityNet can help you to make your device easier to use if you have a disability. 

How accessible this website is 

We know that some elements of this website are not fully accessible: 

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text 

Feedback and contact information 

If you would like to comment on the accessibility of this website, or request any of the information in a different format, such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email webfeedback@manchester.gov.uk. 

We’ll get back to you within 14 days. 

Reporting accessibility problems with this website 

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website: if you have any problems that aren’t already mentioned, or you think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email us at webfeedback@manchester.gov.uk. 

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’ve made a formal complaint to us about our website’s accessibility, and aren’t happy with our response, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service. 

Technical information about this websites accessibility 

Real Change MCR 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 and exemptions listed below. 

Non-accessible content 

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations 
Embedded clips from YouTube 

When embedding Youtube content, it automatically generates non-compliant HTML5 code. We’re currently monitoring this to see if it has a negative effect on the overall user experience. At the time of publication that is not the case, but linked film clips will not function without the non-compliant code. 

Read our Disproportionate Burden Assessment 

Preparation of this accessibility statement 

This statement was prepared on 26 April 2023. It was last reviewed on 21 April 2023. 

We complete our accessibility audits by testing how the site performs when accessed using accessibility tools such as WAVE (to test coding elements) and ColorZilla (to test the contrast levels between colours with hexadecimal accuracy). This is then cross referenced with general user feedback, and feedback from testing groups using user assistive technology tools (NVDA) to navigate our site.