People first.

Accessibility

This site is built to be used by as many people as possible, with the most vulnerable visitor as the starting point. You can change how it reads to suit you. Here is what we have done, and what we know is not yet perfect.

Set the page to suit you

Use the Accessibility options button at the top of the page to change things to suit you, on any device:

  • Text size — standard, larger, or largest.
  • Contrast — a warm default, or a higher-contrast view.
  • Bold text — heavier strokes across the whole page, which some people with partial sight find easier to read.
  • Easier spacing — more space between lines, words and letters, which many people who find reading tiring prefer.
  • Reduced motion — turn off the small movements on the page.

Your choice is remembered on your own device, in your browser’s own storage — not in a cookie, and nothing is shared. See what this site stores.

Our commitment

Safe & Sound is a small independent practice, not a public body, so the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations do not apply to us. We take accessibility seriously anyway — as a matter of principle, in the spirit of the Equality Act 2010, and because it is the work we do for other people. Accessibility here is a design requirement, not an afterthought.

Our controls are deliberately simple. For a small site of plain pages, the options that genuinely help are the ones we offer: text size, contrast, weight, spacing, and motion. Everything beyond that, your own browser and assistive technology already do better than any site could — and this site is built to stay out of their way.

What we have done

Built around four journeys

We treat the WCAG standard, POUR, as four people travelling the same page by different routes — by sight, by keyboard, by screen reader, and by ease of understanding. All four routes carry the same content.

Keyboard

Every part of the page works by keyboard as well as mouse. The tab order follows the reading order, focus is always visible, and skip links at the very top let you jump to the main content or to the reading options.

Screen readers

The page is built from clean, semantic HTML with a logical heading order and named landmarks, so a screen reader can move through it sensibly. Decorative drawings are hidden from assistive tools so they are not announced as if they mattered.

Colour and contrast

We measure every colour pair against the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast level, in both the warm default and the higher-contrast view, and we record the numbers rather than trusting our eyes. Colour is never the only way we carry meaning.

Readable type

The site is set in Atkinson Hyperlegible, a typeface designed to be easy to tell apart letter by letter, served from our own server. You can make it larger or open up the spacing at any time.

Motion

If you have asked your device to reduce motion, the page honours that. You can also reduce motion directly in Accessibility options.

No tracking, no third parties

The site loads no outside scripts, fonts, or stylesheets, and no tracking of any kind. Nothing third-party can get between you and the content, or quietly interfere with assistive tools.

Known limitations

We would rather tell you plainly than over-claim.

  • We have tested with keyboard and with screen readers as we build, but the site has not had a full independent accessibility audit.
  • Our content is text-based. We do not provide British Sign Language interpretation or audio versions, though screen readers and browser read-aloud tools can read it.
  • Some wording is still being refined for plainness, and we welcome being told where it falls short.

The standard we aim for

We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA on every page. We do not claim perfect conformance — accessibility is an ongoing commitment, and we review this statement whenever the site changes in a meaningful way.

This statement was last reviewed on 19 July 2026.

How to tell us about a barrier

If anything on this site gets in the way of reading or using it, please tell us at hello@safeandsoundwebsites.co.uk. We aim to reply within five working days, and if you need something in a different format, just say so.

If we don't get it right

If you have told us about a problem and are not happy with our response, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service or the Equality and Human Rights Commission.