We recognise the importance of providing a website that is inclusive and available for all user groups.
This page explains:
This website endeavours to conform to level A of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformance with these guidelines will help make the web more user friendly for all people.
This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.
Whilst this website strives to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the website.
We are continually seeking out solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall web accessibility. In the meantime should you experience any difficulty in accessing this website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Keyboard access
We have provided ‘skip to main content’ links to allow direct access past the navigation menu to the page’s main content.
Text size
You can vary the text size by using your browser’s text resize option: View – Text Size.
Alternative text for images
All images have been given appropriate alternative text.
Heading elements
HTML heading elements have been used to represent page structure, supporting assistive technologies that allow page navigation from heading to heading.
Link text
All hyperlinks should make sense when read out of context, and hyperlinks are clearly presented in a different text style from normal body text.
JavaScript independence
Where JavaScript or other scripts are used for navigation or functionality, an alternative mechanism has been put in place in case your browser does not support these scripts.
Colour contrast
We have checked text and background colour combinations to ensure that the contrast is sufficient and we have also ensured that information is not referenced by colour alone.
Style sheets
We have used Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the presentation of pages and have used properly structured markup for content. If style sheets are not supported or are turned off, information on the site can still be accessed and read.
If you have any difficulty in accessing any information on this website or if you have any feedback for us, we would like to hear from you. Please contact us.
