1. Accessibility first
Fix contrast, semantics, focus order, and form labeling. Improves outcomes immediately and is usually fast to deliver.
Getting Started
Everything you need to know about the Web-Ready Access Platform, who it is for, and how to make the most of it.
Platform features
Here's what you can do in the Web-Ready Access Platform:
- Quick search — Press Ctrl+K⌘K to search across all tracks and pages.
- Mac / Win — Switch the toggle in the top bar to see keyboard shortcuts for your platform.
- Plain English / Technical — On each track page, toggle between simple explanations and detailed specs.
- Theme — Use the sun/moon icon to switch light or dark mode.
- Sidebar — Use the menu icon to open or collapse the navigation.
About the WRA Platform
The Web-Ready Access (WRA) Platform is a free resource created by Oasis of Change, a youth-led nonprofit focused on digital sustainability. The Platform helps nonprofits, small organizations, and mission-driven teams build websites that are sustainable, accessible, and supported by in-kind technology grants: all without needing a big budget or a technical background.
Whether you are a community organization just getting started online or an established nonprofit looking to improve your digital presence, this playbook is for you. You will find clear, jargon-free guides on three pillars:
- Digital Sustainability: How to reduce your website's carbon footprint and build an energy-efficient online presence
- Web Accessibility: How to make your website usable for everyone, including people with disabilities, and understand the legal requirements
- In-Kind Technology Grants: How to unlock free software and tools from companies like Google, Microsoft, Canva, and Atlassian
At Oasis of Change, we have helped nonprofits secure over $865,000 in in-kind technology grants based on the maximum eligible value of the programs listed. We have also achieved up to 98% reductions in website carbon emissions for our clients. If a youth-led organization can do it, your team can do it too.
Recommended order
Start with accessibility foundations, optimize sustainability next, then package outcomes into stronger tech-grant applications.
2. Sustainability next
Reduce page weight and hosting impact after core usability. Performance work also helps low-bandwidth audiences.
3. Grants and growth
Use progress from the first two tracks as evidence in applications for in-kind credits, software, and support.
Each track has a Key takeaways section at the top. Toggle Plain English for essentials (no jargon) or Technical for specs and implementation details. Assign one owner per track and run a 30-minute weekly checkpoint to maintain momentum.
About this resource
The Web-Ready Access Platform was created by Oasis of Change Inc., a federal not-for-profit corporation based in Vancouver, Canada. Oasis of Change is a youth-led organization focused on digital sustainability and environmental impact reduction, founded by Gabriel Dalton.
This resource was developed with support from a Government of Canada grant through Service Canada, as part of Oasis of Change's mission to equip nonprofits with the practical tools they need to thrive in the digital world.
For disclaimers (accuracy, grant figures, third-party programs), see Disclaimers. For funding acknowledgments, see Acknowledgments.