Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to https://screeningshorts.org.uk/.

This website is run by Creative Scotland, inclusive of Screen Scotland. 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
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

Please contact us if you have an accessibility query including:

• if you are experiencing issues with accessing information or using the website.
• if you find an accessibility problem not listed on this statement.
• if you have positive feedback on the accessibility considerations made.
• We’ll consider your request and get back to you in [number] days.

You can also get in touch if you need information on this website in a different format like Gaelic, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille.

You can get in touch with us through our Enquiry form or by email.

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

Screening Shorts Scotland 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 partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard due to PDFs and other documents listed below.

Non-accessible content

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. For example, we do not plan to fix Screening-Shorts-BGE-Social-Studies-Es-and-Os-Met-Using-Film.pdf.

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

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on November 18, 2024. It was last reviewed on November 18, 2024.

This website was last tested on November 18, 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Swoon Creative Media. 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.