Accessibility statement

Under the obligations of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995/2005 Mediaburst strive to ensure that their media is accessible to all users including those with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive impairments.

This website allows users to access content regardless of method of interaction; be it by standard internet browsers or by assistive technologies of other means such as braille and screen-readers.

This website takes into account the recommendations of the wider accessibility community and strives for compliance with the following organisations;

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WIA)
• PAS 78: Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites
• Royal National Institue for the Blind (RNIB)
• Mencap
• Disability Rights Commision (DRC)

Making this website as accessible as possible is important to us. Below is a list of specific accessibility features that we have tried to incorporate.

Plain English

We have attempted to use plain, uncomplicated, jargon free language for ease of understanding.

We strive for our website to be:

• free of jargon, using simple, plain English
• easy to search
• accessible to everyone

We try:

• to present information in a logical order and write clearly and simply using everyday words and short sentences
• keep our webpage design simple, consistent and free of moving images

However, our website is developing all the time. Please let us know if you have any comments, good or bad, about our website or suggestions about how we can improve it by e-mailing hello@mediaburst.co.uk

Help us to help you

We aim to meet the Priority A, AA, and selected AAA guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Our website is tested on a regular basis using a combination of automated tools to identify potential problem areas and manual testing to ensure we meet the spirit as well as the letter of the W3C’s accessibility guidelines.

Inevitably, we won’t always get it right but we are committed to addressing any access issues promptly. And that’s where we’d like your help. If you experience any difficulties in accessing our website, or have trouble using any aspect of the website, we’d like you to let us know. Email hello@mediaburst.co.uk and let us know your experience.

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