We are committed to providing a website that is as accessible and easy to use as possible for all of our visitors irrespective of any disability, impairment or computer knowledge. This website has been tested using Lighthouse to ensure that we have taken every measure possible to ensure the website is as user friendly and functional as possible for those using screen readers and other assistive technologies.
It has been built it in accordance to the WCAG 2.1 Level ‘AA’ guidelines.
NAVIGATION
A sitemap is provided which contains links to all pages within this website. A full navigational structure with positional aids is provided throughout the site.
USABILITY
Whilst every care has been to made this website as accessible as possible, most modern browsers provide further assistive technologies.
For users running Apple Mac OSX, please substitute key commands symbolised as [CTRL] with [CMD] (situated to the left of the spacebar on Apple keyboards).
Apple Safari
- Press the [OPTION], [CMD] and [ + ] or [ – ] keys respectively, to increase and decrease the font size
- Alternatively, from the menu bar, select View and hold down the [OPTION] key while you select Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller
- To increase the zoom level, press the [CMD] and [ + ] or [ – ] keys respectively, to zoom in and out
- Alternatively, from the menu bar, select View and then either Zoom In or Zoom Out
More information on assistive technologies in Apple Mac OS X and iOS can be found here.
Google Chrome
- To change the font size, click the three dots in the top right hand corner of the tool bar, click Settings, navigate to Appearance in the bar on the left hand side of the screen, scroll to Font size and adjust your font size via the dropdown menu
- Alternatively, type chrome://settings/ into your address bar, then navigate to Appearance in the bar on the left hand side of the screen and adjust your font size via the dropdown menu
- You can also click the three dots in the right hand corner of the tool bar and use the Zoom function to zoom in and out of a webpage
- Alternatively, you can zoom in and out by:
- Holding down the [CTRL] key and pressing [ + ] or [ – ]
- Holding down the [CTRL] key and scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel
- Putting two fingers on the trackpad and slowly moving them apart and together
More information on accessibility features in Google’s products can be found here.
Microsoft Edge
- To change the font size, click the three dots in the top right hand corner of the tool bar, click Settings, navigate to Appearance in the bar on the left hand side of the screen, scroll to Font size and adjust your font size via the dropdown menu
- You can also click the three dots in the right hand corner of the tool bar and use the Zoom function to zoom in and out of a webpage
- Alternatively, you can zoom in and out by:
- Holding down the [CTRL] key and pressing [ + ] or [ – ]
- Holding down the [CTRL] key and scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel
- Putting two fingers on the trackpad and slowly moving them apart and together
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- To change the font size, press the [ALT] key to display the menu bar. Navigate to View, then Text size and choose to make text larger or smaller
- You can also navigate to View, then Zoom and select a zoom level
- Alternatively, you can zoom in and out by:
- Holding the [CTRL] key and pressing [ + ] or [ – ]
- Holding the [CTRL] key and scroll up and down with the mouse wheel
More information on assistive technologies in Microsoft Windows can be found here.
Mozilla Firefox
- To change the font size, click the three lines in the top right hand corner of the tool bar and navigate to Settings, then Language and Appearance, and scroll to Fonts and select your font size from the dropdown menu
- You can also press the [ALT] key to temporarily bring up the Firefox menu, navigate to View, then Zoom and select Zoom Text Only
- You can also click the three lines in the top right corner and use the Zoom function to zoom in and out of a webpage
- Alternatively, you can zoom in and out by:
- Holding down the [CTRL] key and pressing [ + ] or [ – ]
- Holding down the [CTRL] key and scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel
- Putting two fingers on the trackpad and slowly moving them apart and together
More information on accessibility features in Firefox can be found here.
WEB STANDARDS
This website has been developed to comply with the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Specifically, this website has been developed in accordance to the HTML 5 specification. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to control all presentation and layout elements ensuring all content is well structured and accessible via assistive devices.
This website takes advantage of advanced CSS technologies as defined in the CSS 3 specification. For older browsers with limited support of CSS 3 the website will adapt accordingly to ensure all content remains accessible.
BROWSER SUPPORT
This website has been developed and tested across a variety of desktop, tablet and mobile browsers. Specifically, the following web browsers have been tested:
Apple iOS
- Safari 7 (iOS 7)
- Safari 6 (iOS 6)
Apple Mac OS X
- Chrome 35
- Firefox 28
- Safari 7
Google Android
- Chrome
Microsoft Windows
- Chrome 35
- Firefox 28
- Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
- Feedback
FEEDBACK
We believe this to be an ongoing process so, if you have any comments or suggestions, please get in touch with us via the form on the contact page.