Accessibility
We build to WCAG 2.2 level AA. This page says what we have tested, what passes, and what we know is not there yet. Charity procurement teams ask for this, and we would rather write it down than answer it one questionnaire at a time.
What we have tested
Every page was measured rather than eyeballed. Text colours were checked against their real computed backgrounds, including the tinted panels where a colour sits on a colour.
- Colour contrast: every piece of text on every page meets AA, which is 4.5 to 1 for body text and 3 to 1 for large text. An earlier version of this site failed on 34 small labels, and the gold used for them was darkened until it passed.
- Images: every image carries an alt attribute. Photographs are described. Film posters inside a play button are marked as decorative on purpose, because the button already announces the film, and describing the poster as well would make a screen reader say it twice.
- Structure: one main heading per page, no skipped heading levels, real landmarks, and a language set for screen readers.
- Keyboard: everything that can be clicked can be reached and operated with a keyboard, with a visible focus ring. The film player traps focus while it is open and closes on the Escape key.
- A skip link on every page, so a keyboard user can jump past the navigation.
Motion
The front page animates as you scroll. If your device is set to reduce motion, all of it stops: the reveals, the moving photographs, the counting numbers and the drifting picture strip become a still page with the same content.
The two short behind-the-scenes clips loop without sound. Each one has a pause button, and they never start at all when reduce motion is on.
What we know is not there yet
Being honest about the gaps is more useful than claiming there are none.
- Our films are played through Vimeo, and we do not control that player's accessibility. Captions are added film by film, and not every film has them yet. If you need a captioned version or a transcript of anything on this site, ask us and we will send one.
- One caption sits over a photograph on the full-bleed image. We have darkened the area behind it so it passes on any frame, but text over a picture is always harder to read than text on a flat colour.
- This site has not been audited by an independent accessibility specialist, and it has not been tested with every combination of screen reader and browser. Our testing is thorough and automated rather than certified.
The site works without much
There is no cookie banner to dismiss and nothing to log into. The privacy, terms, cookies and accessibility pages need no JavaScript at all. Every page is built to print cleanly, so if it is easier to read on paper, printing gives you a proper document rather than a broken screenshot.
If something does not work for you
Tell us and we will fix it. Write to hello@majorgiftfilms.com, say what you were trying to do and what got in the way, and we will reply within one working day. If you need anything on this site in a different format, ask and we will send it.