This website is run by Rebecca Earley from University of the Arts London (UAL). This accessibility statement applies to www.upcyclingtextiles.net. We commit to ensuring this website is as accessible as possible and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. This means that you should be able to zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen. We have also tried to make the website text as easy to understand as possible although we recognise we have more work to do on this. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
We know that some parts of the website are not fully accessible:
• some of the images have insufficient colour contrast
• some links lack context and their purpose are unclear
• some alternative text is missing which means they can’t be described by screen readers and other assistive technology
If you need information on this website in an alternative, more accessible format please contact: Rebecca Earley at r.l.earley@chelsea.arts.ac.uk. Please include details of the content you need and the required format or the service you are trying to access. We will then work to get you what you need. We aim to provide you with an initial response within two working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your request.
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: Rebecca Earley at r.l.earley@chelsea.arts.ac.uk. We aim to provide you with an initial response within two working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your enquiry or complaint. Initial complaints will be dealt with by the administrator at the Centre for Circular Design. If you feel we have not answered your enquiry or complaint satisfactorily, please let us know and we will do our best to resolve the problem. If the complaints remain unresolved they will be escalated to the Directors of the centre.
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).
For information about contacting us by phone or to arrange a visit to our offices please email: Rebecca Earley at r.l.earley@chelsea.arts.ac.uk. More information about accessing our buildings is available from AccessAble.
UAL is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
• Some images are missing alternative text. This fails WCAG Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text content (Level AA). We will add alternative text where needed and plan to do this in the next 12 months.
• Some images have insufficient colour contrast. This fails WCAG Success Criterion 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA). We plan to find alternative images to use on the site in the next 12 months.
• Some links lack context and their purpose are unclear. This fails WCAG Success Criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (Level A). We will add the relevant link text in the next 12 months.
We will continue to work to improve our site and to fix the accessibility issues so that it is more compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA. Any new content we upload to the site will be designed and created so that it is accessible.
This statement was prepared on 29th September 2020.
This website was last tested on 29th September 2020. The test was carried out by a member of our team. We used the following automated accessibility tools and manual testing methods to test a sample of pages of our website. These included:
• WAVE from WebAIM
• Manually checking colour contrast of text
The selection of pages we tested were:
• The homepage
• Top100 page
• Collections page
• Outputs page
• Methods page