ACCESSIBILITY
Text size
You can change the size of the text on this website to make it larger or smaller via your browser settings. To change the text size, follow the instructions below:
Internet Explorer
Click ‘View’ to open the View menu or press ‘Alt’ and ‘V’ . Select the ‘Text Size’ option or select by pressing ‘X’. Choose your preferred text size using your mouse or use the up and down arrow keys. Click to select the text size or press ‘Enter’ . The text size should change to reflect your choice.
Firefox
Click ‘View’ to open the View menu. Select the ‘Text Size’ option. Select ‘Increase’ or ‘Decrease’ . The text on our site should change to reflect your choice.
Safari
Click ‘View’ to open the View menu. Click on ‘Make Text Bigger’ or ‘Make Text Smaller’ or to use the keyboard shortcuts select ‘Apple’ and ‘+’ (plus) or ‘Apple’ and ‘-’ (minus) . The text size on our site should change to reflect your choice.
Code
This website has been developed to best practice coding conventions corresponding with guidelines stipulated by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) and successfully XHTML 1.0 strict valid.
Javascript
We always provide a working alternative for those with Javascript turned off.
Publications
Please contact us to discuss your needs if you require our publications in an alternative format.
General web accessibility guidance
Find out about the new British Standard on web accessibility: BS 8878:2010 and its predecessor: PAS 78