Accessibility statement

ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT FOR LCR BE MORE

This accessibility statement applies to: https://bemorestage.awtg.co.uk

This website is run by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able 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)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

The Be More website features an accessibility plug-in provided by Userway (https://userway.org).

UserWay’s accessibility solutions provide full ADA and WCAG 2.1 compliance. The best place to start is with UserWay’s AI-Powered Accessibility Widget, which enables AI-Powered automated repairs without requiring you to change your website’s existing code.


UserWay does not collect any personally identifiable information (PII) or behavioural data on your site or its visitors as we are a privacy-by-design organization. For more information on this topic, please refer to UserWay’s Privacy Policy.

The accessibility widget has been rigorously tested and optimized to ensure there is no impact on the site’s load time.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is:

The website is almost fully accessible. We know there is one element of the website that is not fully accessible:

  • Some historic PDF documents published on the website are not fully accessible.
  • 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, please contact: lcrbemore_support@awtg.co.uk

We will investigate 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, contact:

Be More Team, 1 Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP or email the Be More Team at: lcrbemore_support@awtg.co.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’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit, we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Find out how to contact us

TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEBSITE’S ACCESSIBILITY

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to making its websites (Be More) 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 following: non-compliances listed below.

Some historic PDF documents published on the website are not fully accessible.

NON-ACCESSIBLE CONTENT

Disproportionate burden/ 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. By December 2022, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

PRE-RECORDED VIDEO

We do not plan to add caption, text and audio descriptions to pre-recorded videos published before 23 September 2020, as they are exempt from the regulations.

MOBILE APPLICATION (iOS & ANDROID)

Content within the mobile application is subject to the same measures as specified within this document. Accessibility functionality and requirements are covered by the relevant mobile operating systems (iOS and Android). Further information for device/operating system accessibility functions are as follows:

iOS: https://www.apple.com/uk/accessibility/

Android: https://www.android.com/intl/en_uk/accessibility/

Furthermore, additional information can be obtained from the device manufacturers websites and resource libraries.

PREPARATION OF THIS ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This statement was prepared on 24 May 2022. It was last reviewed on 30 August 2022.

This website was last tested on 1 July 2022. The test was carried out by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The test was conducted using a combination of automated tests and manual analysis across the main landing and focus pages, as well as additional page types as deemed necessary.