Last updated: 9 May 2026

The Poverty Truth Community archive has been developed using Omeka, a web-publishing platform designed for sharing digital collections and cultural heritage materials.

We are committed to making this archive as accessible and usable as possible for all visitors. In developing the site, we have considered accessibility in areas such as page structure, colour contrast, image descriptions, audio access and mobile responsiveness.  This means you should be able to:

• Zoom in without loss of content
• Using your browser settings, change colours and contrast levels
• Use the website without encountering any flashing, scrolling or moving text
• Listen to most of the website using a screen reader
• Navigate to most of the content by keyboard only
• Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software (including Dragon NaturallySpeaking)
• Watch the videos with transcription 
• Use the website without encountering any time limits

The site has been reviewed using the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool and tested across multiple browsers, including Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, on both Windows and macOS devices.

Customising the website

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible.

AbilityNet – My computer my way

With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website to make it easier to read and navigate.

Addtional information on how to customise our website appearance

If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on accessible document conversion service – SensusAccess

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• Some text size is small
• Some colour contrasts could be improved
• Spellcheck options are not offered in all browsers
• Alternative text (alt text) is not currently available
• There are some errors in transcripts where automatic transcription was used. 

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille please contact Dr Emma Davidson on e.c.davidson@ed.ac.uk.

Ongoing Improvements

As this archive contains a wide range of historical and community-created materials, some content may not yet be fully accessible. Accessibility is an ongoing process, and we will continue to review and improve the archive over time.

This website’s accessibility statement will be reviewed in May 2027.