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Accessibility

We aim to make our website accessible to everyone, regardless of technology or ability.

We’re working to make our website more accessible and user-friendly by following recognised standards and guidelines. We aim to conform to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.

These guidelines help make web content accessible for people with disabilities and easier to use for everyone.

This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.

We work hard to meet accessibility standards, but some parts of our site may not yet fully comply. We’re committed to improving this and welcome your feedback. If you have trouble accessing anything, please contact us.

Where possible use an up-to-date browser.

Using the latest version of your web browser (the programme you use to go online) gives you the best experience and helpful features on this site. Below are the browsers we recommend, with links to download them.

Firefox

Chrome

Chrome

Safari

Safari

Internet Explorer

Edge

Each browser offers its own accessibility features, and you can add more using plug-ins. For details, visit the accessibility page for each browser.

Options in your browser

Most modern browsers all share the most common accessibility tools, here is a list of useful features:

  • Incremental search allows you to progressively search a web page for a particular word or phrase on a page. To enable this on your browser, press and hold Ctrl/Command and then tap F. This will open a box to type your search into. As you type, the matches will be highlighted on the page for you.
  • Spatial Navigation: Hitting tab will jump you to each of the items you can interact with on any page. Holding the SHIFT key and then pressing tab will take you to the previous item.
  • Caret Navigation (Internet Explorer and Firefox only): Instead of using a mouse to select text and move around within a webpage, you can use standard navigation keys on your keyboard: Home, End, Page Up, Page Down & the arrow keys. This feature is named after the caret, or cursor, that appears when you edit a document. To turn this feature on, press the F7 key at the top of your keyboard and choose whether to enable the caret on the tab you are viewing or all your tabs.
  • Space Bar: Pressing the space bar on a web page will move the page you are viewing down to the next visible part of the page.
  • Text fonts: Depending on your browser, you can override all fonts on the site to one that is easier for you to read. Options can be found in your browser’s settings/preferences.
  • Enlarge your view: You can activate the browser zoom via these keyboard shortcuts.

Options on your computer

  • To zoom your entire computer screen: Apple Mac and Windows operating system both contain options to enlarge your view of your screen:
  • Make your computer read the site aloud: This website has been built with screen readers in mind. Menus, pictures and inputs will have the correct tags and mark up to compliment your chosen screen reader.
  • Control your computer with your voice: Apple Mac and Windows operating systems both provide ways to control your computer with voice recognition:

    Third party voice recognition software is available too.

We are committed to providing you access to our most valuable resources. If you do spot anything which doesn’t look quite right or have any suggestions for how we might improve, then please let us know.