Small Charities Challenge Fund grant holder guidance – UK Aid Direct

Disability inclusion – UK Aid Direct

About UK Aid Direct – UK Aid Direct

Small Charities Challenge Fund – UK Aid Direct

Contact – UK Aid Direct

Terms and conditions – UK Aid Direct

Grants – UK Aid Direct

Learning and Resources – UK Aid Direct

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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June 2025

May 2025

UK Aid Direct

Title / URL	Issues
Small Charities Challenge Fund grant holder guidance – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/guidance/sccf	2
Disability inclusion – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/learning/disability/	2
About UK Aid Direct – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/about	2
Small Charities Challenge Fund – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/apply/sccf	2
Small Charities Challenge Fund – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/apply/sccf/	2
Contact – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/contact/	2
Terms and conditions – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/terms-conditions/	2
About UK Aid Direct – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/about/	2
Grants – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/apply/	2
Learning and Resources – UK Aid Directwww.ukaiddirect.org/learning/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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