Accessibility statement for www.gamustudios.com

This accessibility statement applies to www.gamustudios.com only. This website is run by Gamu Studios.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

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

·        zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen

·        navigate most of the website using a keyboard or 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 this website is

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

  • You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text

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

  • There’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page

  • Some pages have poor colour contrast

  • Some sections are not written in plain English

  • Some images do not have image descriptions

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, and if you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please click here to contact us.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

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

Gamu Studios 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) 2.2 AA standard.

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

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  1. Some images do not have image descriptions, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content). It is beyond our capacity to fix some of these issues as the website and its building tools are outsourced.

  2. Some time-based media does not have an alternative format, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.1 (Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)). We will be uploading alternative formats for some time-based media in 2025 and aim to improve our organisation’s resources and capacity to fully meet this criterion.

  3. Some audio content does not have captions, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.2 (Captions (Prerecorded)). It is beyond our capacity to fix some of these issues as the website and its building tools are outsourced.

  4. Some video content does not have audio descriptions or media alternatives, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.3 (Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded), success criterion 1.2.5 (Audio Description (Prerecorded), and success criterion 1.2.7 (Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded)). We will be uploading alternative formats for some time-based media in 2025 and aim to improve our organisation’s resources and capacity to fully meet this criterion.

  5. There is no sign language interpretation for any audio content, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.6 (Sign Language (Prerecorded)). We aim to improve our organisation’s resources and capacity to fully meet this criterion.

  6. Some text and images have a contrast ratio below 3:1 or 4.5:1, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast (Minimum)), success criterion 1.4.6 (Enhanced)), and success criterion 1.4.11 (non-text contrast). We aim to improve our organisations resources to co-produce website content with experts by experience, so that we can fully meet this criterion.

  7. Some content disappears when hovering with the mouse’s pointer, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.13 (Content on Hover or Focus)). It is beyond our capacity to fix some of these issues as the website and its building tools are outsourced.

  8. Some content and information are presented in a blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating format, and this fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide). We will consider this failure in our next site redesign.

Disproportionate burden

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information. We believe that fixing inaccessible content is beyond the capacity and budget of the organisation at present, and therefore this would be disproportionate within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when the supplier contract is up for renewal, likely to be in 2026.

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.

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.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 3rd of July 2024. It was last reviewed on 28th of August 2024.

This website was last tested on 28th of August 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was self-assessment carried out by the Gamu Studios site team. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.