Accessibility Statement for the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit website

Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to content published on the www.svru.co.uk domain.

The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU) is dedicated to ensuring that our web presence is accessible to people with disabilities. Our website is undergoing consistent assessment to ensure this.

This website is run by the SVRU. We want to make this website as accessible as possible for all users. This means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in up to 300% 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

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

 

Feedback

If you cannot access any part of this site or want to report an accessibility problem please contact us at SVRUComms@scotland.police.uk or you can call 01786 896785 during office hours.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission enforces the accessibility regulations (the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

If you’re unhappy with our response you can get in touch with the Equality Advisory and Support Service. They are an independent advice service and can provide guidance on what to do next.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Scottish Violence Reduction Unit 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 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions’ listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-Compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some page elements have insufficient contrast. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.4.3
Contrast (Minimum): The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio
of at least 4.5:1. Work is ongoing to fix this.
• Many of our PDFs do not contain a relevant document title. This fails WCAG 2.1 success
criterion PDF18: Specifying the document title using the Title entry in the document
information dictionary of a PDF document. Work is ongoing to fix these or replace them
with accessible HTML pages.
• Many of our PDFs have diagrams and/or tables. Some of these do not have a text alternative,
so the information in them is not available to people using a screen reader. This does not
meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). Work is ongoing to fix these or
replace them with accessible HTML pages.
• Many of our PDFs do not contain fully tagged content or tab order for easy navigation. This
fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion PDF3: Ensuring correct tab and reading order in PDF
documents. Work is ongoing to fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
• Many of our PDFs do not identify headings, lists or data tables correctly. This means users
using screen readers may not be able to follow the structure of a document, which may
affect their ability to access and understand the information. This does not meet WCAG 2.1
success criterion 1.3.1 (info and relationships). Work is ongoing to fix these or replace them
with accessible HTML pages.
• Many of our PDFs contain figures which do not have alternative text. This fails WCAG 2.1
success criterion PDF1: Applying text alternatives to images with the Alt entry in PDF
documents. Work is ongoing to fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

 

Material not included in the regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other forms of documents which were published before September 23rd 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

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

Video

Some of our videos may not feature captions. Many of our videos are embedded from Youtube. These may feature labelling from Youtube which is incorrect or not sufficiently descriptive.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

Work is ongoing to:

  • regularly test and fix issues found
  • update PDF documents to be accessible
  • make sure new documents are accessible where possible, before they are published
  • publish documents in HTML where possible, rather than PDF train staff to make sure they are aware of the importance of accessibility, and how to make their documents accessible

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared in April 2024. It was last reviewed in April 2024.

This website was last tested in April 2024.

Niven Rennie

Director

Telephone: 01786 896785          Email: violence.reduction@scotland.pnn.police.uk

Niven has more than 30 years of operational policing experience in the United Kingdom. He joined Strathclyde Police in 1985 serving throughout the west of Scotland in a variety of ranks and positions before progressing to the rank of Chief Superintendent. Niven previously held the role of President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents where he represented the interests of the operational leaders of policing in Scotland.

On leaving Police Scotland in 2016 Niven took up the position of Chief Executive Officer of South Ayrshire Escape from Homelessness (SeAscape).

Niven was appointed director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit in July 2018.

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