Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to www.sbif.uk

This website is run by the Gambling Commission on behalf of the Sports Betting Integrity Forum. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • 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).

If you have a disability, AbilityNet (opens in a new tab) has advice on making your device easier to use.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible. For example:

  • our web page content is accessible but some of our web pages give you the option to download a PDF copy of the web page content; these PDFs are not fully accessible
  • some content on the website is available only in PDFs and these are not fully accessible
  • older PDF documents which were published before September 2018.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, you can request content in a different format (opens in a new tab).

We will consider each request and get back to you in 20 days. We may not be able to provide an alternative accessible format on every occasion.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, you can report a problem to us (opens in a new tab).

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 (opens in a new tab) (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Gambling Commission on behalf of the Sports Betting Integrity Forum is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 (opens in a new tab) AA standard.

Non-accessible content

The content listed as follows is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

PDF's published after September 2018 may not be fully accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure. However, every effort has been made to provide these in HTML format and we provide messaging around these so users can request an accessible format.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Non-HTML documents published before September 2018 do not need to be accessible - unless users need them to use a service.

How we tested this website

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 level A and level AA to test how accessible sbif.uk is.

Throughout the development and maintenance of this website, manual testing by the Gambling Commission Digital team takes place. We test this website using accessibility checking software and different devices including mobiles, tablets and desktop computers.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 9 November 2021. It was reviewed on 09 May 2023.