Accessibility

We believe that websites should be accessible by everyone no matter their age, web experience or ability. This site has been designed with accessibility in mind to make it easy to use by everyone…

What we have done to ensure this website is accessible:

  • All text has been written in large and contrasting coloured fonts.
  • All images contain ‘Alternative Text’ tags.
  • All buttons are large and clear to understand.

At every stage of the design process, accessibility has been take into account to help this website to be user friendly for everyone. We welcome suggestions from visitors of the site.

BrowseAloud

Browsealoud is a service that enables you to listen to this website, you will need to download some free software onto your computer to allow you to do this. Once you have installed the free Browsealoud software you will be able to listen to the website simply by moving your mouse over the text that you want read to you, Browsealoud will read aloud the text you select, helping you to find the information you need more easily.

Once you have loaded the free Browsealoud software onto your computer you will be able to listen to this website (and other Browsealoud enabled websites) every time you visit.

For more information, click here

Enlargable Text size

In the header of every page, you will notice the text resizer buttons symbolised by ‘A-’ and ‘A+’. Clicking on these will increase or decrease the text size throughout the website.

Browser Settings

Many of today’s browsers allow you to change the way in which you view websites, including:

  • Changing the default size of the text and images
  • Turning off font styles

To change the text size in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari on a PC

  • Usign the keyboard, hold down ‘Ctrl’ and press ‘+’. This will zoom in and increase all parts of the page. Keep pressing ‘+’ until you are happy with the font size.
  • To reduce the text size, hold down ‘Ctrl’ on the keyboard and press ‘-’. This will zoom out. Keep pressing ‘-’ until you are happy with the font size.

To change the text size in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari on a MAC

  • Usign the keyboard, hold down ‘Apple’ and press ‘+’. This will zoom in and increase all parts of the page. Keep pressing ‘+’ until you are happy with the font size.
  • To reduce the text size, hold down ‘Apple’ on the keyboard and press ‘-’. This will zoom out. Keep pressing ‘-’ until you are happy with the font size.

To turn font styles off in Internet Explorer on a PC

  • Go to ‘Page’ on the browsers menu bar. Select ‘Style’ and ‘No style’.

To turn font styles off in Mozilla Firefox on a PC

  • Go to ‘View’ on the browsers menu bar. Select ‘Page Style’ and ‘No style’.

To turn font styles off in Mozilla Firefox on a PC

  • Go to ‘View’ on the browsers menu bar. Select ‘Page Style’ and ‘No style’.