Accessibility Statement
A summary of known accessibility issues on this website, and our plans to fix them.
This statement was last updated on 26/08/2025.
This website is run by Doughnut Economics Action Lab C.I.C (DEAL). We want as many people as possible to be able to access and use our website, and we aim to make the website text as simple as possible to understand.
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How accessible is this website?
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. All known compliance issues are listed below.
What to do if you’re having access issues
We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or you think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us via accessibility@doughnuteconomics.org.
If you need content in a specific format (e.g. an accessible PDF, large print, audio recording, etc.) please email us at accessibility@doughnuteconomics.org. We will consider your request and aim to get back to you within 14 days.
Known accessibility issues
1. Images and Alt Text
Issues: Some images lack descriptive text, hindering the understanding of their content or purpose. It is not possible to add alt text to all user-uploaded images (for instance, images within the body of tools, stories, events, etc.)
Plan for improvement: We will work to add technical support for alt text on user-generated content. For content created by the DEAL Team, we will endeavour to ensure descriptive text is included wherever possible.
2. Maps
Issues: The interactive DEAL Community Map is not accessible or usable with a keyboard or screen reader.
Plan for improvement: Maps are exempt from the WCAG 2.1 guidelines so we are not planning to make our maps accessible at this time. Instead, a “skip link” is provided to ensure maps do not disrupt screen readers, and equivalent information is made available elsewhere on the website. For instance, stories shown on a map can instead be viewed as a list on the stories index page.
3. Forms
Issues: Our rich text editor (which allows users to format their text and add images, etc.) is not fully accessible via keyboard or screen reader. Autocomplete pop-up for tags and user mentions is also not fully accessible.
Plan for improvement: We use third party, open source software for our rich text editor and autocomplete functionality, which limits what changes we can make. However, we will continue to explore ways to make these tools more accessible.
4. PDFs and other documents
Issues: Many of DEAL’s tools are published as PDFs, presentations and other types of standalone documents. These do not generally meet accessibility standards.
Plan for improvement: We are working towards being able to ensure that any new PDFs or other documents that we publish, including updated versions of existing documents, will meet accessibility standards.
How we tested this website
This website was externally audited on 09/11/2023 by Jim Byrne Accessible Website Design. It was tested against the WCAG 2.1 AA standard using both automated tools and manual auditing by an experienced website accessibility auditor. Disabled people were included in the test team.
Since then, a large number of accessibility improvements have been made and additional testing undertaken by non-disabled team members internally at DEAL using a variety of automated and manual tools.
