Accessibility

Introduction

Our website is designed to conform to World Wide Web Consortium accessibility standards, but there are some things you can do to make our site even easier to use:

Site accessibility features

Resizable text

By default, text is set at a medium font size, but you can resize the text on all pages using options in your web browser.

Flexible width and scalable layout

You can drag the four edges of the website to display any size you want. The page content adjusts automatically to display correctly for the shape you choose:

1. If you have full screen display, select the ‘Restore down’ button at top right, to see the edges of the display window.
2. Move the pointer over a display window edge until two arrows appear.
3. Drag the top, bottom and side edges to the shape and size you want.

You can change your display this way in any application, not just on our website (although the content may not adjust). Next time you visit us and choose ‘Restore down’, your display will be the size and shape you last chose, regardless of where you chose it from.

Useful links

You can download free software from the web, and find out about accessibility features for a variety of systems:

• www.abilitynet.org.uk – for information about customising your computer
• My Web My Way – for information and tutorials, developed by the BBC and AbilityNet, on customising your computer
• www.microsoft.com/enable/training – Microsoft accessibility wizard and how to use it
• www.google.com/accessibility/all-products-features.html – Google accessibility tools
• www.apple.com/accessibility – Apple Macintosh accessibility features
• www.accessfirefox.org – accessibility features in Firefox and download extensions