Our belief is that the web should be easy to use and accessible to everyone. With this in mind we have made
a website which allows you to customize your web viewing experience. This page describes the functionality
we have included which makes the site more accessible for you.
• Images and Alt tags
• Resizable Text
• Coding standards and compliance
We have tried not to use excessive graphics within our site, and download times have been reduced.
The images that we have used in this site include 'Alt' tags which are text alternatives to the image –
this allows users to understand what the image conveys, if it doesn't load, if you are browsing with the
images switched off, or are using assistive technology to browse the website.
We have not fixed the size of textual information on our website so that font size can be altered to suit
your requirements.
There are a number of ways to change the text size in your browser; the easiest way is to follow the steps
below
1. Select the 'View' menu
2. Select the 'Text Size' option from the menu
3. Click on the text size you wish to view.
You can also increase and decrease the size of the text by holding down the Ctrl key while using the scroll
wheel on your mouse or the '+' (plus) and '-' (minus) keys.
This website is built using code compliant with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for XHTML and
Cascading Style Sheets. W3C is the governing authority on web development standards and practices.
The site displays correctly with current browsers, and using standard XHTML code means that any future
browsers will also display this website correctly. We are continuously improving this website to ensure that
pages conform to at least an A level of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
There may be a few pages that do not conform to all the guidelines. Whilst every effort is made to ensure
the whole site conforms, with many web contributors, this is an ongoing process.
If you have any problems accessing information on the site, please advise us by using the Contact Us page.
