Accessibility Notes

We recognise the need to provide a truly accessible web site for all our visitors an as such have ensured that this site has been designed and coded to W3C AAA Accessibility standards.

CSS & XHTML

All site coding is valid XHTML with CSS used to control layout and design, ensuring this site is compatible not only with current browser technology (including mobile phones and screen readers), but also future browser technologies.

Printing Pages

If you wish to print a page within this site, simply press CTRL & P on your keyboard. Each page on the site features a special ‘print-friendly’ style sheet which will automatically remove unnecessary images and navigation elements from the page, negating the need for an alternative ‘Print Friendly’ version.

Adjusting Text Size

We have coded the site to allow you to adjust the size of the text to suit your needs. In Internet Explorer, text can be enlarged going to ‘View’, ‘Text-Size’ and selecting the size required. In most modern browsers such as Mozilla, you can change text size by holding down CTRL and pressing the + or – buttons.

If you do not use a mouse, you can navigate this site using a set of keyboard shortcuts, known as Access Keys. The main pages within the site are assigned the following keyboard shortcuts (as recommended by the UK public website guidelines )

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