Accessibility

The grant checker

The checker asks one question at a time using ordinary radio buttons with visible labels. A progress bar reports how many questions are answered, both visually and to screen readers, and the result appears in an area that screen readers announce. Focus moves to each new question when you answer the one before. Without scripts, all four questions show at once and the rules they apply are written out in full on the same page.

Highlights and motion

A few phrases are marked with a hand-drawn highlight. The highlight is decoration only: the text underneath is real and readable, and the highlight does not animate if your device is set to reduce motion. It is hidden when you print.

Diagrams and tables

Each diagram has a written description, and its figures also appear in the page text or a table. Tables have headings for each column and scroll sideways on small screens rather than shrinking the text.

Plain language

Grant rules are full of terms like voucher, redemption and statutory review. Each page explains them as it goes, and the glossary collects them in one place. Amounts are always written next to the condition that applies to them, so a figure is never shown on its own. Where the official rules are linked, they go to GOV.UK and Ofgem, whose own pages have their own accessibility statements.

Colour and contrast

Text is set in dark olive or near-black on cream and white, and the voucher-style panels keep the same contrast. Nothing on the site relies on colour alone to carry meaning: amounts that do not apply are written as "not covered", not just shown in red, and the checker's result is spelled out in words.

Known gaps

Some diagrams carry a lot of text inside the image. If you find one whose content is not also in the page, please tell us.

Reporting a problem

Use the form below with the page and what happened, and the assistive technology you use if any. SEO-DONS LTD reads every message and answers by email.