This website is run by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the statement below applies to rbge.org.uk. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.  That means you should, for example, be able to:

• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most 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)

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

How accessible is this website?

We know that some parts of the website are not fully accessible.

For instance:

• most older PDF documents (pre- 2018) are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• A number of videos, created before September 2020, do not have audio descriptions
• Some third-party websites to which we navigate are not fully accessible

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print we will do our best to support you.

email:  webmaster@rbge.org.uk

call:  0131 552 7171

We will confirm receipt of your request and get back to you in seven days.  Please add ‘accessibility’ into your subject header.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.  If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements please contact:  webmaster@rbge.org.uk

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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are committed to inclusivity at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.  This means that we will aim for each new component of the website to be built to WCAG 2.1 AA standards at a minimum.  We will also continue our commitment to user testing and to listening to our digital users.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was reviewed on 10 December 2020.  It will be reviewed again on 23 February 2021.  The website has recently been re-tested and this was carried out by Zoonou. 

We are testing:

• our website platform rbge.org.uk with a full automated audit of every page
• a sample of pages and templates manually. In selecting these pages, we considered the different audiences using the website and their most frequent user journeys starting from the home page.

If you could like to view the full accessibility test report on completion, please email webmaster@rbge.org.uk