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  • Understanding accessibility requirements for public sector bodies

    Help your team understand why they need to meet the website and mobile app accessibility regulations.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office
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  • Get help with benefits and pensions if you have accessibility needs

    Get help if you have difficulties claiming benefits and pensions because of a disability or health condition.

    • From: Department for Work and Pensions
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  • Writing for GOV.UK

    How to write well for your audience, including specialists.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • The Technology Code of Practice

    The Technology Code of Practice is a set of criteria to help government design, build and buy technology.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office
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  • Publishing accessible documents

    Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office and 1 others
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  • Using chatbots and webchat tools

    How to use chatbots and webchat tools to improve your users’ experience of your service.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office
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  • Sample accessibility statement

    Sample accessibility statement for a fictional public sector website or app, including sample wording and guidance on what to include.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office
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  • Content types

    When and how to use the GOV.UK formats.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Guidance and tools for digital accessibility

    Find the best guidance and tools to meet the accessibility regulations.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office and 1 others
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  • Markdown

    Using Markdown to format content on GOV.UK.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Links

    Adding links to content, making them accessible and GOV.UK's external linking policy.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Make your website or app accessible and publish an accessibility statement

    Learn how to check if your website or mobile app is accessible.

    • From: Central Digital and Data Office
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  • Images and videos

    Add an image or video to GOV.UK.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Model accessibility statement

    Tell users how accessible your website or mobile app is in your accessibility statement, based on recent testing.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Images

    Guidance for GOV.UK content publishers on how to use images and make them accessible. This chapter also includes the copyright standards for GOV.UK.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Planning content

    Find out how to decide if something is suitable for GOV.UK, what the content lifecycle is and why accessibility must be planned for.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Creating and updating pages

    How to create, edit and tag content in Whitehall publisher.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Accessible formats

    Information about accessible formats and where to find guidance about creating accessible content.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Accessibility monitoring: how we test

    Find out how the accessibility monitoring methodology is used to test websites and mobile apps under the Accessibility Regulations

    • From: Government Digital Service
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  • Social media playbook

    This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.

    • From: Government Digital Service
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