Accessibility

What we are aiming for

This site is built to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 at level AA. That is the standard UK public bodies are held to, and it is a reasonable bar for a kart club as well.

What that means in practice

• Every page starts with a “Skip to content” link.
• Everything works with a keyboard alone. The circuit map is operated through the sector buttons beside it, not only by hovering.
• The menus at the top of the page open on focus as well as on hover, close with the Escape key, and are announced as expanded or collapsed. Tab moves through the links inside one in the order they are written.
• Body text is tested to at least 4.5:1 contrast against its background, and large text and controls to at least 3:1.
• If your device is set to reduce motion, the animations stop.
• Text reflows to a phone screen without side-scrolling, and can be zoomed to 200% without losing content.
• Photographs that carry meaning have text descriptions. Photographs that are purely decorative are marked so screen readers skip them.
• With JavaScript switched off, every page still shows its full content.

Where it currently falls short

Being straight with you about the known gaps:

• The PDFs. The Championship Regulations, Supplementary Regulations and Parental Consent Form come from Motorsport UK and from the club’s own paperwork. They are not tagged for screen readers. If you need any of them read out or sent in another format, email compsec@fekc.co.uk and the club will get it to you.
• Race day live streams. The YouTube streams do not carry captions.
• Entries and timing. Entering a race, membership, live timing and results are run on Alpha Timing’s website, which the club does not control. If you hit a barrier there, tell the club and we will raise it with them and help you enter by another route in the meantime.
• This statement is based on the developer’s own testing. It has not been independently audited.

If something here does not work for you

Email compsec@fekc.co.uk or call 07555 112012. Tell us the page and what happened, and we will fix it or find you another way to get what you needed. The club would rather hear about it than not.

If you are not happy with the response, the Equality Advisory and Support Service can advise you: equalityadvisoryservice.com.