LLEP Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to content published on the www.llep.org.uk domain.

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This website is run by Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Limited (LLEP), although the LLEP is a private company, and is not subject to Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, we want as many people as possible to be able to use our website.

For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colour, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in up to 300% 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 is this website?

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

  • some pages and document attachments are not clearly written
  • some tables do not have row headers
  • some heading elements are not consistent
  • some images do not have good alternative text
  • some buttons are not correctly identified
  • some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls
  • many documents are in PDF format are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • video streams do not have captions
  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

Feedback and contact information

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

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, contact us for directions.

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, please email us.

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

Some of our meeting rooms have audio induction loops, if you contact us before your visit, we may be able to arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Visit our contacts page.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise 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 fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Interactive tools and transactions

Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, because some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag.

Our forms are built and hosted through third party software and ‘skinned’ to look like our website.

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information, and with interactive tools and transactions. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when the supplier contract is up for renewal.

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

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.

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. For example, we do not plan to fix historical financial information.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Click here to access the Google Translator to enable copied text to be translated into 52 different languages.

For further information about how to make web browsing easier please visit the BBC website. They explain in more detail the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible for you.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 23 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 23 September 2020.

This website was last tested on 8 October 2020. The test was carried out by Leicester City Council.