Accessibility Help

This page explains the features we have built in to help make it more accessible.

We have designed and built this website to provide information in an inclusive and accessible format. We have done our best to ensure we have met the best world standards of access and hope you find this site useful.

So far we have been able to test this site on Mozilla Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. Windows versions only. We have asked disabled people to examine and test the site for accessibility. If we get more volunteers support we will be able to extend testing.

Access Keys

Using Aceess keys can help people who have difficulty using a mouse.
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that provide links to important areas of the site.
To use Access keys on this site:
A. Press and hold Alt - Firefox users press and hold Shift and Alt
B. Press the required access key letter or number
C. Press Return or Enter key.

This website uses the following access keys:

Access key S - Skip to content
Access key 1 - Home page
Access key 2 - News
Access key 3 - Site map ( Site map is not yet available )
Access key 9 - Contact details
Access key 0 - Accessibility statement. (This page)

Tab ordered links

Using the Tab key can help people who have difficulty using a mouse.
You may jump through the links in the page by pressing the 'TAB' button on your keyboard. If you go past a link, you can move back by pressing SHIFT and TAB.

Resizable text

We have done our best to ensure that the size of the textual information (the font size) on the website can be altered by visitors.
The font size on the screen can be changed to make it easier to read.

Firefox 2

Select the View menu.
Select the Text Size option from the menu.
Select "increase" "Decrease" or "normal" for the text size you want.

Internet Explorer 6 to 8

Select the View menu.
Select the Text Size option from the menu.
Select the text size you want.

If the text is still too small for you then you may need to look at different ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software. You can find a list of software at the RNIB website, www.rnib.org.uk

Triple-A conformance

This website is built to meet the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for Triple-A W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. W3C is the governing authority on web development standards and practices. Triple-A is the highest possible standard.
Conformance to these rules and guidelines helps to make the Web more accessible to disabled people. Each page is checked using a variety of tests.