# Voluntary organisations better at accessible Web sites

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/04/03/voluntary-organisations-better-accessible-web-sites/
- Published: 2004-04-03T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

An analysis of the accessibility of UK organisations’ Web sites find that voluntary
organisations are more likely to offer accessible sites than public or private sector
organisations.
SciVisum checked 111 Web sites of UK organisations that say they 
comply with Web accessibility standards, and found that 40% failed to meet these
standards. Central government Web sites were the worst offenders, with 53% of them
failing. The Web sites of local government and private sector organisations were
nearly as bad, with 50% of such sites failing. Voluntary organisations had the best
record, with only 24% of sites failing.

The most common failure, found on 68% of sites, was the lack of any textual equivalent
or caption for graphical content.

SciVisum is offering a free downloadable copy of its 14-page ‘Web Accessibility 
Report 2004’.

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