About Us | We See Your Future, Whatever The Past | Nacro

Housing Services in England and Wales | Nacro

Nacro | We See Your Future, Whatever The Past

Our Work in Wales | Nacro

Our Impact | Nacro

News and Views | Media and Campaigning | Nacro

Work for us | Nacro

Volunteering with Nacro | Charity Volunteer Opportunities | Nacro

Who We Support | Nacro

Nacro Strategy | Nacro

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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Title / URL	Issues
About Us \| We See Your Future, Whatever The Past \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/about-us/	3
Housing Services in England and Wales \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/nacro-services/our-work-in-housing/	2
Nacro \| We See Your Future, Whatever The Pastwww.nacro.org.uk/	2
Our Work in Wales \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-work-in-wales/	2
Our Impact \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-impact/	2
News and Views \| Media and Campaigning \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/news-views/	2
Work for us \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/	2
Volunteering with Nacro \| Charity Volunteer Opportunities \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/about-us/volunteering/	2
Who We Support \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/who-we-support/	2
Nacro Strategy \| Nacrowww.nacro.org.uk/about-us/nacro-strategy/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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