Accessibility statement Oma Punainen Risti
This accessibility statement applies to the service oma.redcross.fi and its user interface in three different languages (Finnish, Swedish and English). The statement was prepared on 26 February 2025.
The accessibility of the service has mainly been assessed by us. Online tools, such as Silktide and Lighthouse extensions, have been used to support the assessment.
The Finnish Red Cross is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation.The EU Accessibility Directive and the related Finnish Act on the Provision of Digital Services do not apply to the organisation, since public sector bodies are excluded from their scope.
However, the Act may become applicable if the organisation receives public administration tasks or if the organisation has digital services the development or maintenance of which are significantly funded through public financing.
Currently, the oma.redcross.fi online service contains no sections or functionalities dealing with public administration tasks and the service is produced with the organisation’s own funding.
Even though the Act does not directly regulate the implementation of the oma.redcross.fi online service at the moment, the Act may become applicable if the organisation receives public administration tasks or if the organisation has digital services the development or maintenance of which are significantly funded through public financing.
This is why our aim is to make our service as accessible as possible to as many users as possible. Therefore, we want to provide information about the accessibility level of our online service with this accessibility statement.
How accessible is the online service?
The service is partly compliant with accessibility requirements (WCAG criteria 2.1 levels A and AA). The aim is to perform an accessibility assessment on the service in 2026, after the user interface has been updated. An accessibility level of AA in WCAG 2.1 criteria is one of the implementation criteria for the UI update.
Contents assessed
Users may still encounter some accessibility issues on our site. Here is a list of issues known to us. If you notice an accessibility issue on our site not included in this list, please let us know.
The accessibility assessment was performed on the front page of an unregistered user as well as the event search page of Oma Punainen Risti. The assessment focused on navigation, the interaction between the site and the user, and the page’s general functions.
The event search page and the Oma Punainen Risti front page meet approximately 88% of the criteria of the WCAG 2.1. standard’s AA level.
The websites are missing alt texts for images and headers, the image contrasts are too low, the elements have not been named and some links work illogically.
Accessibility feedback
If you notice any accessibility issues on the website, please first give feedback to us, i.e. the site administrator. You should receive a reply within 14 days.
You can send your feedback by email to oma.tuki@punainenristi.fi
Supervisory authority
If you are not happy with the reply or receive no reply within two weeks, you may file a complaint with the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. The website of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland provides details on how to file a complaint and how the matter will be processed.
Contact information of the supervisory authority:
Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Accessibility control unit
www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
saavutettavuus(at)avi.fi
Telephone number, exchange +358 (0)295 016 000