Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024

Celebrate the day with us, the Digital Inclusion and Accessibility Standards team (DIAS) and find out how you can make public facing digital services accessible.

Virtual sessions

Lost in paradise - an accessibility testing mystery

Learn how to run a basic accessibility check by solving a mystery.

A shipment risks being lost at a port halfway across the world - it’s up to you to discover what’s being shipped, where it’s from and who needs it. The details of the shipment are found by running an accessibility check on a fictional customs service.

In this one hour session you will:

  • learn how to identify accessibility issues and why it’s important
  • search for accessibility issues using features on your device

Thursday 16 May, 10am to 11am. To sign up for this event, please fill in the registration form.

DIAS and the evolution of accessibility at HMRC

Learn about the DIAS team and the evolving challenges of accessibility in HMRC. We’ll talk about the team’s history, what’s on the horizon and how we can help.

Thursday 16 May, 2:30pm to 3:30pm. To sign up for this event, please fill in the registration form.

Market stall events

We'll join the Mobility and Workplace Services team in running accessibility market stall events on:

  • Monday 13 May - Business Events Centre, Benton Park View, Newcastle
  • Wednesday 15 May - Event space, Plaza 2, Telford
  • Thursday 16 May - Café, 7 and 8 Wellington Place, Leeds

We will be attending these events between 12pm and 2pm. We will have some of our Empathy Hub kit, including our virtual personas. Please come along to see us, get involved and ask any questions you have.

Accessibility resources

Please email us at accessibility.team@hmrc.gov.uk if you have any questions.