Accessibility

Standards compliance

This website has been designed to comply with Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) web guidelines. Our website complies with all priority 1, 2 and 3 automated checkpoints to get the the AAA (highest available) rating. The code used for our website pages validates as valid XHTML (strict) and valid CSS.

Design

This website design has been optimised for viewing in 800x600 and 1024x768 screen resolutions. We have used a standard, accessible design throughout this web site rather than providing text only pages for disabled users.

Frames

We have not used frames within this website.

Language

We have followed 'use-of-English' guidelines, including those set out by Mencap and the Plain English Campaign, so that you find this web site easy to read and understand.

Text sizes

Although we have used a large, clear font throughout this web site, you have the option of changing the font size and colour contrast via your web browser. For example, you can change the text size in Internet Explorer by going to 'File > View > Text Size'. Other browsers contain similar text size features.

Your views

We hope you enjoy your visit to our site. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the accessibility of our website, please contact us.