About Accessibility for Websites
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." - Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director 1
Accessible website helps expand markets to people with disabilities as well as people using older browsers, new technologies such as mobile devices and different platforms. By not applying best practice accessibility guidelines to design, websites can run the risk of excluding the people they want to attract, and not just people with disabilities.
People with sight difficulties, mobility, hearing, cognitive and learning problems are often affected and excluded from accessing information they require. Accessibility also affects people using older browsers, as well as new technologies and different platforms ranging from mobile devices to web enabled televisions.
This website has been designed using the most up to date technology to allow you as a user as much flexibility in the way you view and use the website and ensure that the information within the site is accessible for all.
Tab Key
You can also use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links on a page. A single press of Tab high-lights the next link, shift+Tab high-lights the previous link.
Style Control
If you have difficulty using this site we have a low graphics version available. You can access this by selecting Low Graphics version from the menu at the top of the site. Alternatively use the access key [1].
To return to the main style click on Back to full version or use the access key [2].
Browser Text Controls
If you have difficulty reading text because it is too small you can selecting a new text size with the text resizing tool within your browser's toolbar. Most browsers feature this.
This tool is also available in the menu of various browsers as follows:
Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, 6 (PC): view > text size
Internet Explorer 5 (Mac): view > text zoom
Netscape 6, 7, Mozilla: view > text zoom
Opera 7: view > zoom
Safari (Mac): View > Make Text Bigger
Firefox: View > Increase Text Size
W3C Validations
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
This site has been designed with the W3C guidelines in mind and has been checked with their validation tool.
Contact/Feedback
If you would like further information regarding Accessibility Issues or if you have any problems using this site please contact us for more details.