Accessibility

How to get the most accessible experience from this website

Our website can be viewed on a range of different screen sizes and the size of text can be changed to suit different people. We have also included a search facility and site map to help people find information more easily.

Changing Settings

While the site has been created to be usable ‘as is’, many people are likely to get the most accessible experience of using this site by customising their computer to suit their individual needs. Examples include getting the site spoken to them; changing its colour-scheme; or increasing the size of its fonts. Using your web browser, you can change the size of text on this website. You can also make other helpful changes in your browser, as well as within your computer generally. To find out how to make the web easier to use visit My Web My Way

PDF downloads

PDF documents are available for download on this site. You will need Adobe Reader to access these. Download Adobe Reader (free) Adobe has also created a user guide to assist screen reader users: Accessing PDF Documents with Assistive Technology – A Screen Reader User’s Guide

Limitations of this site’s accessibility

While we have worked hard to ensure this site’s accessibility, you may find some limitations. Content across the site has been written and formatted to make it as accessible as possible. This includes:

• Using semantic headings which are descriptive and used to highlight sections of text
• Clear and easy to understand language
• Meaningful text used for all links
• Form labelling for screen readers
• Descriptive alternative text for images

Work on accessibility is ongoing as we aim to conform to level ‘A’ and ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 These guidelines are the internationally recognised benchmark for building accessible websites. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines explain how to make websites more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformity to these guidelines also makes websites more user friendly for all people. Let us know if you have difficulties using this site If you find anything on the site difficult to use please let us know. To help us get to the bottom of your difficulty, it would help us if you provide the information advised by the Web Accessibility Initiative: Contacting Organisations about Inaccessible Websites Email your feedback to Webmaster This accessibility statement was issued in July 2015