Accessibility

We have tried to make this website as accessible as possible and easy to use for everyone, regardless of circumstance or ability.

All our page templates comply with the WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints as a minimum requirement. And we make every effort to ensure that all the content on our site meets this standard too.

We are making every effort to ensure that we don't exclude any users. For example:

We try to use clear and simple language.
We use alternative text for all our images
The HTML we produce conforms to the standard: HTML 4.01 Transitional
We have tested the colours we use in the design for contrast.
We try to publish all our text content as accessible HTML rather than in other formats such as PDF. Where we do publish PDFs or other formats our policy is to make them as accessible as we can.

Screen Resolution

This site is best viewed with screen resolution settings at 1024 x 768 hi-color. To select this option, use Start Menu | Control Panel | Display. Click on the Settings tab and move the screen resolution slider to the desired position. Click OK and close the Control Panel.

Changing Text Size

You can change the font size of the text by using the built-in browser options. With Microsoft Internet Explorer choose View | Text Size and select the size you want. With Firefox 3 choose View | Zoom | Zoom Text Only you can then use CTRL + Plus (+) to increase the size of the text or CTRL + Minus (-) to decrease the size of the text.

Page Zoom

With Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 and Firefox 3 you can make Web pages easier to read by magnifying the page (zooming in). If you zoom in, everything on the Web page will be magnified (including text, images, and controls). Zooming will change the magnification of the Web site, regardless of the Web site's formatting.

To zoom in or out on a Web page using Internet Explorer 7/8 or Firefox 3:

Press CTRL + PLUS SIGN (+) to zoom in, or CTRL + HYPHEN (-) to zoom out.

Press CTRL and scroll the mouse wheel(if fitted)to zoom in or out.

Press CTRL + 0 (zero) to reset zoom.