This statement applies to content published on the www.foodsecurity.ac.uk domain.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use and understand our website.
Our accessibility commitment includes making sure that our website visitors can:
- easily understand our web pages by making the content as simple as possible
- zoom in up to 300% on a webpage without the text spilling off the screen
- 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).
How accessible this website is
Some parts of our website are not fully accessible. For example:
- PDF documents cannot be made fully accessible to all screen reader software
- some charts and graphs don’t yet have text descriptions
- use of italics on blocks of text
- URLs used as link text
What to do if you cannot access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format, email web@foodsecurity.ac.uk.
Include in your email the web address of the content (specific URL) and the format you need. For example:
- accessible PDF
- large print
- easy read version
- audio
- braille.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re are not meeting accessibility requirements, email web@foodsecurity.ac.uk.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcing the public sector bodies (websites and mobile applications) (No.2) accessibility regulations 2018.
If you make a complaint and you are not happy with how we respond, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
BBSRC 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 certain non-compliances and exemptions.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some of our PDFs may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Content that’s not within the scope of the regulations – PDFs and other documents
Some of our older PDFs may not meet accessibility standards. For example, they may not be marked up so they are accessible to a screen reader. These include historic reports and case studies.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018. We will not replace these documents with accessible versions.
Where possible, any new PDFs we publish will meet accessibility standards. Where this is not possible, we will endeavour to make the information available in an accessible format. If you need documents in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, please email web@foodsecurity.ac.uk.
What we are doing to improve accessibility
We recently audited the accessibility of the site for compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, and implemented a number of improvements.
As we continue to develop the website and its content, we will re-audit and test the website for accessibility on a regular basis.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 6 March 2024.