Accessibility features included in this site are summarised below.
W3C standards for XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS are adhered to where applicable. These standards make the site accessible to those browsers that also adhere to these standards, and makes the web pages more accessible to those using screen readers and similar devices.
Wherever see the Icons to the right in this website, you have the assurance that the page you are viewing has 'Validation Tick of Approval'. Click an Icon to test this assurance.
To change the text size in your browser follow these steps
It is also possible to increase the size of the text by holding down the "Ctrl" key on the bottom left hand row of the key board whilst using the scroll wheel on the mouse to increase (or decrease) the size of the text.
This web site has been designed to work correctly with Internet Explorer version 6 and above. It will also work adequately with the following browsers and operating systems although it may not display perfectly.
Compliant Browsers:
This web site's pages will look and function as intended, at a display setting of either 800 x 600 pixels, or 1024 x 768 pixels. This should satisfy the vast majority of users. The pages will also work at 640 x 480 pixels, although some non-functional elements may not be fully displayed on the page and it may occasionally be necessary to scroll horizontally.
Advice laid down by the UK Government (access Key Standard) and the W3C recommends implementation of access key functionality. For able users, access keys can speed navigation by reducing 'mousing'. However, these self same access keys can and sometimes do conflict with keys that are already assigned by a disabled user's assistive software. They may even conflict with Internet Explorer in some instances. As such we have not assigned Access keys for this website, this may change after the next revisions of WCAG & XHTML.
We know that many users access the internet via dial up. We have designed our site with this in mind, fast to load and fast to navigate.
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