We aim to make this website accessible to as wide
an audience as possible. The site has therefore been designed and
developed in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG) recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C).
Design considerations
Text size
Text size can be increased using the 'Text Size
AAA' function in the top
right hand corner of any page on this site.
Alternatively all text is assigned a relative font size allowing
you to control the text size, to increase the text size:
- Internet Explorer: View
> Text size
- Netscape: Edit >
Preferences > Appearance > Fonts
- Opera: File >
Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size
(pixels)
If you have a mouse with a wheel you can also increase or
decrease text size by scrolling with the wheel of your mouse whilst
holding down the control key.
Text Only
This site has a text only version. Devices that require
text only will automatically be able to view the site in text only
mode alternatively
click here to
switch to text only mode. To return to image and text mode
click here.
Images
All informational images contain an ALT tag and decorative
images have a null ALT attribute.
Flash Images
The website contains flash elements, if you do not have
flash installed on your system a static non-moving image of the
flash file will appear in its place.
Screen Readers
For users of screen readers, at the start of each page you
have the option to skip the navigation to main
content.
Content
The use of white background throughout the site, with
plain black text, makes reading easier on the eyes, and allows the
reader to take in more information.
Compatibility
This site has been designed and tested to be compatible
with the following browsers:
- Internet Explorer 5.5, and 6.0
- Netscape 7.0, 7.2
- Mozilla 1.7
- Firefox 1.0
- Opera
- Safari