Website Accessibility

This website has been designed using technical recommendations known as “Web Standards” published by the World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ). By designing to these standards, the informational content it holds stands the best chance of being accessible to all visitors and browsing devices as well as being compatible with future technologies.

The presentation of the website is defined in Cascading Style Sheets, separating presentation from the structure of the information on the site. This technique brings with it several benefits, which include faster download times and greater flexibility in how the content is displayed to the visitor.

accessibility options

*Alternatively, if you have a mouse with a wheel you can hold the CTRL key on your keyboard whilst scrolling up or down with the wheel to alter the text size. 

The site can be read using text to speech software. For free text to speech software visit www.readplease.com

Alternative transcripts will be provided if audio feeds are used on this website.   

If you have difficulty reading the pages on this site then there are usually options available on your web browser to alter features of it, such as changing the text colour, background colour and size of your browser window. 
 
Internet Explorer (all Windows versions)  

To change the text Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Select 'Text Size' .
Select your option.
The default is medium.

To change the font and colour settings: Select Internet Options from the View OR the Tools menu - this will depend on your browser version. Select the Accessibility Option and click the three boxes displayed under formatting, so that they are now showing ticks. Follow the instructions below to change font and colours. To change the font: Select Internet Options from the View OR the Tools menu depending on your browser version. Click on the Fonts button Choose your font from the drop-down menu under Web page font and click the OK button. Arial or Verdana if you have it are two of the easiest fonts to read. 

To change text or background colours: Select Internet Options from the View OR the Tools menu depending on your browser version. Click on the Colours button and un-tick the box next to Use Windows colours. To change the colour of the text, click on the button to the right of Text ,choose your colour from the palette and click OK. 

To change the colour of the background, click on the button to the right of Background, choose your colour from the palette and click OK. 

To remove images: Select Internet Options from the View OR the Tools menu depending on your browser. Select the Advanced tab at the top right hand corner of the box. Scroll down to the Multimedia heading. Un-tick the box next to Show Pictures . Click on the Apply button and then click on the OK button.

Netscape (6.0/ 7.0+) / Mozilla (i.e. Firebird / Firefox / Camino, Mac and PC)

To change the text size: Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar. Then select 'Text Size' or 'Text Zoom' . To change the font and colour settings: Change fonts or colours: All changes are done by selecting preferences from the edit menu Select Appearance from the let hand panel Select fonts and make your changes To increase the font size increase the value in the box Minimum font size. Untick the small box nearly at the bottom Allow documents to use other fonts Select colours and make your changes Under the heading, “When a web page provides its own colours and background” select the option that starts “Use my chosen colours, ignoring .....” Click OK Firefox Users All major changes are done by selecting Options... from the Tools menu Select General from the Left Hand bar Select the button Fonts & colors...from the right hand section and make your changes. From here you can change Fonts, colours, link colours, background colours etc. Selecting Extensions from the left hand panel allows you to install extensions to the browser. Some may be of help to you.
 
Netscape (pre 6.0)
 
To change the text size: Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar. Then select Increase Font . The keyboard action for this is CTRL+ To change the font and colour settings: Change the colour of the text or the background: Select Appearance . Select Colours . Select Text , choose your preferred colour and click on the OK button. Select Background , choose your preferred colour and click on the OK button. Click OK again to close the Preferences option. To remove the images: Select the Edit option from the Menu Bar. Select the Preferences option. Select the Advanced option. Un-tick the box next to Automatically load Images and Click OK .

Opera users 

To change the text size: Click on 'File' in the top menu toolbar. Click on Preferences , then (in the left-hand 'Category' section of the dialogue box) 'Documents' . Specify the font-size you require in the 'Minimum font size ( pixels)' option. 

Internet Explorer 5.1 (Mac)  

Apple no longer supports Internet Explorer so you may find irresolvable problems when using it. We suggest you download the free browser Safari to use instead, which is fully supported.
 
Apple Safari  

To change the text size: Go the 'View' menu. Use the 'Make Text Bigger' and 'Make Text Smaller' menu items. Alternatively you can use the option key with + or - to increase or decrease the text size.   

More Accessibility Information

You can translate any individual page on this site into another language at http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box  

The British Dyslexia Association provide information and advice on dyslexia. Please visit http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

Textic provide accessibility toolbars for personal use. See www.textic.com

Information for people with learning disabilities and useful website resources can be found at www.widgit.com 

For blind and partially sighted people: http://www.rnib.org.uk/target

AbilityNet is a charity that brings the benefits of computer technology to adults and children with disabilities, providing free information and advice: http://www.abilitynet.co.uk  

For details on Web site for disability-related internet resources: http://www.webable.com
 
PDF Information

In order to gain access to pdf files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer. You can download Adobe Reader at http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Adobe PDF documents are compatible with Microsoft Windows based screen readers. If you have a screen reader which cannot read Adobe PDF documents, there are tools to convert PDFs into HTML or ASCII at http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/main.html

MS Word 2000/XP (.doc)

To view MS Word documents you need software that can read files in Microsoft Word format or the free Microsoft Windows Word 2000/XP Viewer that will allow you to view Word files. http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/downloads/default.aspx

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