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If you are searching for an accessibility consultant in Manchester or anywhere in the North of England, the honest reality is that most professional accessibility work is done remotely. A WCAG audit, an EAA compliance review, a design system assessment, or a VPAT does not require the consultant to be in the same room as your team.

That said, I work with UK clients across the country and can work in-person where the engagement calls for it.

Why location matters less than it once did

Accessibility consulting is a knowledge-based discipline. The deliverables are documents, reports, annotated files, and recorded findings. The tools are a browser, assistive technology software (screen readers, keyboard navigation), and communication platforms your team already uses.

The demand for specialist accessibility consultants is high and the supply is limited. Restricting your search to people who can commute to your office is likely to result in settling for someone less experienced than the role requires.

What remote accessibility engagements look like

For audits and reviews, the process is:

  1. Scoping call to agree what is being tested, the standard, and the deliverable format
  2. You share staging or production access (or a build) with me
  3. I conduct testing independently over the agreed timeline
  4. Debrief call to walk through findings
  5. Written report delivered

For embedded sprint work or ongoing consultancy, I join your team’s existing communication tools (Slack, Teams, Jira) and review work in progress through your normal sprint cycle.

For training workshops, I run sessions on video conferencing or travel to your location for in-person workshops when that is the right format.

UK clients I commonly work with

  • Digital agencies in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle building products for UK and EU clients
  • Public sector organisations in the North West under the 2018 accessibility regulations
  • SaaS companies with enterprise customers requiring VPAT or EN 301 549 documentation
  • E-commerce businesses preparing for EAA compliance
  • NHS trusts and health tech companies

What I work on

Most engagements are WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA audits, EAA readiness assessments, design system and component library reviews, VPAT production, training workshops, or accessibility statement work. If you have something that does not fit neatly into one of those categories, it is worth a conversation.

Get in touch to discuss your project.