Accessibility statement

Last updated: 2 November 2026

Bride Guide UK should be easy to read and use for everyone, including people who use a keyboard instead of a mouse, a screen reader, screen magnification, voice control, or larger text. The aim is to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA across the whole site, including the planning tools.

What you should be able to do

• Zoom text up to 400% without content spilling off the side of the screen, and use the site on a narrow phone screen.
• Use every part of the site, including all the planning tools, with a keyboard alone, with a visible focus outline showing where you are.
• Use the tools with a screen reader: form fields have labels, errors are described in words and linked to the field, and changes such as "Task added" are announced.
• Tell what's happening without relying on colour: statuses such as "Over budget" or "You are here" are written out, not just coloured.
• Turn off animation: the site respects your device's reduced-motion setting.
• Print articles and tool summaries in a clean, readable layout.

How the site has been tested

On 2 November 2026:

• Every page was checked with the axe-core automated testing tool against WCAG 2.2 level A and AA, plus its best-practice rules. The planning tools were also checked with data entered and with their confirmation dialogs open.
• Every page was checked at a 360-pixel screen width for content that doesn't fit.
• The planning tools were worked through using only a keyboard, including adding, editing and removing entries, filters, dialogs, and backup and restore.
• Print layouts for the tools and printable sheets were checked.

Known limitations

• Screen reader testing. The tools are built to work with screen readers, but they haven't yet been tested by a screen reader user. If something doesn't make sense with yours, please say so.
• Automated testing has limits. Tools like axe-core find many problems but not all of them, so some issues may remain.
• The planning tools need JavaScript. Most of the site works without it. The planning checklist can still be read and printed without JavaScript, but ticking things off and the other tools need it turned on.
• Advertising. Articles show ads served by Google, and the consent message comes from Google's own consent tool. Their accessibility isn't under this site's control. There are no ads on the planning tool pages.
• Search. Site search uses a third-party component (Pagefind). It has been checked with axe-core, but its accessibility depends partly on that component.

Reporting a problem

If you find something on the site that you can't use, or that's harder than it should be, please email [email protected]. It helps to know the page, what you were trying to do, and the device, browser and any assistive technology you were using. If you need the information on a page in a different format, ask and I'll do what I can.

Reviewing this statement

This statement will be reviewed when the site changes significantly, and at least once a year. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.