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MENO-kit Accessibility Policy

Last Updated:  12th Dec 2025

This accessibility statement applies to the MENO-kit toolkit (www.meno-kit.org.uk)

 

This website is run by the MENO-kit Research team. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to: 

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  1. change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings 

  2. navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software 

  3. listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) 

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

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

How accessible this website is

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

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  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text 

  • some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software 

  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader 

  • some links may be difficult to understand when using a screen reader 

  • some videos may not be accessible via keyboard navigation 

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Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: a member of the MENO-Kit Project team via email

meno-kit@lancaster.ac.uk

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

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email meno-kit@lancaster.ac.uk 

call 01524 522075 

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We’ll consider your request and aim to get back to you in 14 days. 

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Address The MENO-kit Project, Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Health Innovation One, Sir John Fisher Drive, Lancaster University, Lancaster. LA1 4AT 

 

Feel free to call or email us for directions. 

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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)

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Technical information about this website's accessibility

The MENO-Kit Research Project is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

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Compliance status 

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard. 

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This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below. 

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Non-accessible content

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

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Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations 

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Navigation 

In some instances, the focus order is incorrect. 

This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion:  

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  • 2.4.3 (A) Focus order.  

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Headings 

HTML heading levels are not consistent throughout each page. 

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This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion:  

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  • 2.4.6 (AA) Headings and Labels. 

Links 

There may be links where the link purpose and destination may not always be clear from the text. 

 

There may be multiple adjacent links to the same material (e.g., the icon and link text both act as a link to the same destination). 

 

There may be some instances of links where there is no text content inside the link meaning that they cannot be selected by screen readers. 

 

Some links may have Aria attributes that do not have accessible names. 

 

Some links to videos may be nested inside other interactive controls meaning making them inaccessible via keyboard navigation. 

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This does not meet the following WCAG 2.2 success criterion:  

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  • 2.1.1 (A) Keyboard,  

  • 2.4.4 (A) Link Purpose (in Context) 

  • 4.1.2 (A) Name, Role, Value. 

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Images 

In some cases, there are colour contrast issues between parts of background images and text. 

 

This does not fully meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion: 

 

  • 1.4.3 (AA) Text Contrast (Minimum). 

 

PDFs and other documents 

Some PDF documents do not have descriptive titles. 

 

Some PDF documents do not specify the default language of the document. 

 

Some PDF documents do not provide bookmarks within the document. 

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This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion: 

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  • 2.4.2 (A) Page Titled. 

  • 2.4.5 (AA) Multiple Ways. 

  • 3.1.1 (A) Language of Page. 

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

PDFs and other 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. 

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

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Preparation of this accessibility statement 

This statement was prepared on 29/05/2024.  It was last reviewed on 29/05/2024. 

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The website was last tested on 29/05/2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. 

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The test was carried out by Lancaster University. The following approach was used to test the website: 

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  • Automated tools were used to scan all pages for problems: including Accessibility Insights & SilkTide Chrome extensions. 

  • Manual checks were carried out on each page against WCAG 2.2 A & AA guidelines 

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