Managing Rent - YMCA Exeter

Resident Zone - YMCA Exeter

Home - YMCA Exeter

Establishing pathways for young people - YMCA Exeter

Grow For Good - YMCA Exeter

Contact Us - YMCA Exeter

Impact - YMCA Exeter

Training Courses - YMCA Exeter

News - YMCA Exeter

Fundraise for us - YMCA Exeter

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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February 2026

January 2026

City of Exeter YMCA

Title / URL	Issues
Managing Rent - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/rent/	17
Resident Zone - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/resident/	17
Home - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/	16
Establishing pathways for young people - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/establishedpathways/	16
Grow For Good - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/growforgood/	16
Contact Us - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/contact-us/	16
Impact - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/impact/	16
Training Courses - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/trainings/	16
News - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/news/	16
Fundraise for us - YMCA Exeterwww.ymcaexeter.org.uk/fundraise/	16

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Exeter YMCA

Where this issue has occurred