NCVO puts new £150,000 accessible website out for testing
Howard Lake | 23 February 2002 | News
A pilot scheme new website developed by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) designed to provide free information on the voluntary sector was launched today at the RNIB Bristol UK Online Centre.
NCVO claim that www.askNCVO.org.uk will set a whole new benchmark in accessibility. The site will provide an extensive database of essential information and advice for all those with an interest in the sector. It is designed to ensure that navigation is easy whatever the user’s technical ability, software or hardware specification or disability. It is also fully compatible with screen readers, provides large text and text only versions and signposts.
It is hoped that the site will become the largest online information and advice resource for voluntary sector stakeholders. Regular users can register to create their own ‘briefcase’ within which they will be able to store interesting information whilst searching or browsing the site.
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Other features that askNCVO will offer include:
– A searchable database of best practice documents
– A self analyzing help function that suggests related and more specific search terms if the user cannot find what they are looking for
– Search subject identifiers which examine a user’s search and provides browsable topic areas
– The ability to email information and links to colleagues and friends
askNCVO implements the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Recommendations to ensure a high degree of accessibility for people with disabilities. The site has achieved AAA level compliance..
askNCVO will be launched on Wednesday the 27th November. The £150,000 grant from the New Opportunities Fund, National Lottery good cause distributor, has come through the Fund’s nof-digitise programme.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.