Accessibility Statement for West London Synagogue
This accessibility statement applies to wls.org.uk.
This website is run by West London Synagogue. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- livestreams do not have captions
- older videos do not have captions
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: admin@wls.org.uk.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
- email admin@wls.org.uk
- call 020 7723 4404
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.
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
West London Synagogue 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
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Known accessibility shortcomings include:
Some images do not have meta text. This is an issue that is being actively addressed.
The Donate Button does does not have sufficient contrast on some screens. This is an issue that is being actively addressed.
Disproportionate burden
Accessibility shortcomings of the Website that we are not currently able to address will be listed here.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 11 November 2025. It was last reviewed on 11 November 2025.
This website was last tested on 11 November 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.
The test was carried out internally. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.