We hope you will find this website easy to use. We are committed to making our website as accessible as possible.
This accessibility statement applies to:
This website is run by The Highland Council on behalf of the Highland Employability Partnership. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. That means you can:
- change colours, 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, for example JAWS
- 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:
- Unable to modify text sizes being rendered from YouTube
- In some places, plugin code would need to be altered which would cause issues on the updating of the plugin.
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:
- email – [email protected] and tell us what format you need – it will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.
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:
- email – [email protected]
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)
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Work.Life.Highland 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
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard
This website is partially compliant with the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard], due to the non-compliances listed below.
- Unable to modify text sizes being rendered from YouTube
- In some places, plugin code would need to be altered which would cause issues on the updating of the plugin.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 1st August 2024. It was last reviewed on 1st August 2024.
The test was carried out by Ability Net who tested a selection of pages. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.