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Accessibility Statement

Last updated: March 2026

Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Quorate platform at https://quorate.app and every tenant subdomain (https://*.quorate.app).

Quorate is run by Quorate Limited. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this service.

How accessible this website is

We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2, Level AA). At the time of writing this statement we believe the platform substantially meets that standard. We document below the parts that we know are not yet fully compliant, what we are doing about them, and how to ask for content in an alternative format if you need it.

The platform has been built so that you can:

  • Navigate the entire officer portal using a keyboard alone
  • Use the platform with a screen reader (we test with NVDA on Windows and VoiceOver on macOS and iOS)
  • Resize text up to 200% without losing functionality or content
  • Use the platform in High Contrast Mode on Windows or Increase Contrast on macOS
  • See visible focus indicators on every interactive element
  • Pause, stop, or hide moving and auto-updating content (live meeting view countdown timers can be paused)
  • The platform has been designed to meet a colour-contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Branding controls in the officer portal enforce this ratio when an organisation customises its theme colours — colour combinations that would fail the ratio are blocked before they are saved.

    Feedback and contact information

    If you find any accessibility problem not listed below or need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille:

  • Email: accessibility@quorate.app
  • Post: Quorate Limited, accessibility@quorate.app for the current correspondence address
  • We will consider your request and reply within 5 working days.

    Reporting accessibility problems

    We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or you think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact accessibility@quorate.app.

    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): https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/.

    Quorate Limited is a private-sector platform, but many of our customers are public-sector bodies subject to the accessibility regulations. We treat WCAG 2.2 AA as our baseline so those customers can meet their statutory duties.

    Technical information about this website's accessibility

    Quorate Limited 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 WCAG 2.2 Level AA. The non-compliances are listed below.

    Non-accessible content

    The content listed below is non-accessible for the reasons given.

    1. PDF meeting packs uploaded by users are not always tagged for screen-reader navigation. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships) and 1.3.2 (Meaningful Sequence). We are working with our pack-generation pipeline to apply structural tags to all packs produced by the platform; user-uploaded PDFs remain the responsibility of the uploader, but we provide guidance in the officer portal.

    2. Some embedded video players in the public portal do not currently carry captions. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.2 (Captions - Prerecorded). Where the embedding organisation has supplied captions we surface them; where they have not, the video plays without them. We are adding a publication-time check that warns organisations before they publish uncaptioned video.

    3. The live-meeting workspace uses a live region with `aria-live="polite"` to announce attendance and motion-status changes. In very long meetings these announcements can accumulate and overwhelm screen-reader users. We are scoping a quieter mode that batches announcements.

    Disproportionate burden

    We claim no disproportionate-burden exemption at this time.

    Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

    Third-party content embedded in tenant subdomains (e.g. a council embedding a YouTube video on their public portal) is the responsibility of the embedding organisation.

    What we are doing to improve accessibility

    The accessibility statement was prepared on 2026-05-13 and is reviewed quarterly. Our roadmap includes:

  • Quarterly external accessibility audit
  • Automated axe-core regression tests on every release
  • Manual keyboard-only and screen-reader testing for every new module
  • A dedicated accessibility lead with sign-off on every UI ship
  • Preparation of this accessibility statement

    This statement was prepared on 2026-05-13. It was last reviewed on 2026-05-13.

    This website was last tested on 2026-05-13. The test was carried out by the Quorate engineering team using:

  • axe-core 4.x automated checks
  • Manual keyboard-only navigation
  • Manual screen-reader testing with NVDA (Windows) and VoiceOver (macOS / iOS)
  • Colour-contrast verification against WCAG 2.2 1.4.3 and 1.4.11
  • A representative sample of pages was tested — the homepage, the officer dashboard, the agenda builder, the live-meeting workspace, the member portal, and a fully-branded tenant public portal.