Accessibility

This website is run by the Scottish Government. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. You should be able to:

• use your web browser to change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without loss of information
• navigate all of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate all of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
• access the website using a mobile or tablet.
• use the ReciteMe accessibility toolbar to customise your experience, including text-to-speech, translation, and styling options

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

This website itself is fully accessible. The toolkit has been tested with a range of assistive technologies, including JAWS, ZoomText, Read and Write, and browser-based accessibility features. All issues identified during accessibility testing have been resolved, and no major or minor barriers remain for users.

However, some resources available on this website, such as certain PDF, Word, or PowerPoint documents, may not be fully accessible to screen reader software. We are working to fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages where possible.

Feedback and contact information

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: EHRMainstreamingToolkit@gov.scot with details of the problem you have encountered.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Scottish Government 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 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

PDFs and other documents

Some document formats such as PDF, MS Word and Excel may not be fully accessible. We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

Disproportionate burden

We are not claiming that any of our accessibility issues are disproportionate to fix.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and office file formats

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will continue to monitor the accessibility of this website and make improvements as needed. We are committed to maintaining a high standard of accessibility and welcome feedback from users.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 18 September 2025. It was last reviewed on 18 September 2025.

This website was last tested in September 2025 by the Scottish Government and external accessibility reviewers.

Automated tests were completed using the latest version of Axe. This was followed by a manual accessibility review using JAWS, NVDA, ZoomText, and Read and Write software. All issues identified during testing have been resolved.