Accessibility and usability issues
We recently upgraded our website and are currently reviewing our
accessibility. We make every effort to ensure our website is
accessible and easy to use for everyone, no matter what browser you
choose to use, whether or not you have any disabilities and
regardless of your experience of using the Internet. Your patience
while we review and upgrade any functional features is greatly
appreciated.
In the meantime, there are many ways you can make this
website more accessible within your own browser. These
include:
- you can change the font size. You can usually do this in a
Tools, Options or View menu depending on your browser.
- if you are blind or are visually impaired you can use screen
reading software to find information.
- if you have difficulties using a mouse you can navigate the
site using the keyboard using the tab key to jump from link to link
(or shift + tab to go backwards).
- all images have alternative text equivalents so if you cannot
see the images you can still use the site
- our site navigation and structure are consistent to make it
easy for you to find your way around it
- we use Plain English
- where possible we have one idea per paragraph, use short
sentences, bulleted lists so that pages can be scanned and read
quickly
Accessibility and technical standards
This website conforms to the Guidelines for UK government
websites, it supports the Worldwide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, Level A, to ensure a web
accessibility standard has been achieved and is maintained.
For more information see:
Accessibility and accreditation
The new version of website has been re-awarded a Plain English
Crystal Mark. Additionally the new design will be submitted to RNIB
for assessment
For more information see: