How accessible this site is.

This statement covers this website. It says what we have built in, what we know is not right yet, and what to do if something here stops you doing what you came to do.

We are aiming at WCAG 2.2 level AA. We have not had the site independently audited or tested with disabled users yet, so we cannot tell you we have reached it. Until we can, we are not going to claim it. If you hit a barrier, tell us and we will get you the information another way while we fix the page.

What we have done

One heading level per level of meaning, in order, with real headings rather than large bold text. Screen reader and reading-mode users get the same route through a page as everybody else.

Type is set in relative units, so browser zoom and larger text settings work without content disappearing off the side of the screen.

Short sentences, no jargon where a normal word works, and the technical terms we do use are explained. This is an accessibility decision as much as a writing one.

No carousels, no auto-playing video or audio, no animation that starts without you asking for it, and no timed content that disappears before you have read it.

The palette was chosen to meet the AA contrast ratios for body text. That intent has not yet been verified across every component — see below.

Anything you can do through a form on this site, you can also do by email to info@futuresinfilm.com or by post. You are never forced through an interface to reach us.

A statement that lists only the good parts is not an accessibility statement. These are the gaps as they stand.

There has been no independent accessibility audit and no automated testing pass on record. We therefore cannot describe this site as fully, or even partially, compliant with WCAG 2.2 AA. An independent audit against WCAG 2.2 AA is what this page is waiting on, and when it is done the full report is published here whether or not it is flattering.

Nobody has yet gone through this site with a screen reader, a switch, voice control or magnification and told us what happened. That test matters more than the audit and we have not done it. A testing round with six disabled users — screen reader, switch control, voice control and magnification — runs alongside that audit. Testers are paid at the same day rate as any other consultant we engage.

Every control should be reachable and usable without a mouse, with a visible focus indicator. We believe that is the case. We have not proved it.

The photography for this site is still being commissioned. Alternative text will be written with each photograph, alongside the consent and credit record. Until then some images have no useful description.

Our commitment is captions on everything and a transcript for anything instructional. Existing material predates that commitment and not all of it is captioned. Instructional material is captioned first, and this page records what has been done rather than what is planned.

PDFs and templates in the downloads library have not been checked for tagging, reading order or screen reader use. If you need one of them in another format, ask and we will produce it.

Embedded video players, maps and any booking tool we use are built by other people. We can choose not to use an inaccessible one, and we will, but we cannot fix it ourselves.

Do not read this list as complete. It is what we know today, and we know we have not looked properly yet. Telling us about a problem we have not listed is useful.

You do not need to know what the problem is called, or which guideline it breaks. Tell us the page and what happened, and that is enough.

info@futuresinfilm.com, with “Accessibility” in the subject line. Include the page you were on and what you were trying to do, if you can.

FUTURES IN FILM C.I.C., 5th Floor, 167–169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF. We do not publish a telephone number, so email or post is the written route — and if a call is easier for you, say so in the email and give us a number and we will ring you.

If something on this site is not usable for you, we will provide the same information another way — large print, plain text, audio, or somebody reading it to you.

An accessibility report goes to the directors, who hold this statement and the fix list behind it, and it is answered by them. It does not go into a general inbox to be triaged later.

These are our own commitments, not a legal standard. If we are going to miss one, we will tell you rather than go quiet.

The legal position

This applies to us. As a provider of services we have a duty to make reasonable adjustments so that a disabled person is not put at a substantial disadvantage. That duty is anticipatory — it does not begin when somebody complains.

The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 apply to public sector bodies. Futures in Film is a community interest company, not a public body, so those regulations do not bind us. We have adopted WCAG 2.2 AA as our target anyway, because it is the right standard and because public sector buyers ask for it.

Not yet assessed. The only answer we can evidence. We will publish a compliance status, with the non-accessible content listed item by item, once the site has been tested.

Contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service, which is independent of us and advises on the Equality Act 2010. You can also use our complaints procedure, which has its own timescales and an escalation route.

This statement was prepared in September 2026 and last reviewed in September 2026. It has not been independently checked. Our policies are published as drafted. Formal adoption is minuted at the next board meeting and the date is added here.

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