Accessibility

Stylesheets

This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for visual layout. If your browser supports it, style sheets can be disabled or over-ridden to customise the appearance of the website, to your preference.

Tabbing

We appreciate that not all people using our sites can use a mouse; we will ensure that all of our websites can be browsed in a logical manner using the Tab button. Pressing the ‘Tab’ key while on a web page will select the next link on the page. You can press ‘Tab’ repeatedly to get to the chosen link. The selected link will be indicated by a distinct colour change. Once your chosen link is selected, you can trigger it by pressing the ‘Enter/Return’ key on your keyboard. You can move backwards through links by pressing ‘Shift’ + ‘Tab’ together.

Font sizes

To increase or decrease font size hold the CTRL key and press + or –
To increase or decrease font size on a Mac hold the CMD key and press + or –

Forms

Labels are used to assist access to form fields. All forms follow a logical tab sequence.

Colours

The site has been designed to be easy to read through its colour combinations. If you have any difficulty in reading parts of the site, try increasing the font size, or try altering the visual appearance of your browser.

Links

We have worked hard to ensure that our links are meaningful, and some links are explained in greater detail by using a title attribute, visible when hovering over the link.

Scripting

JavaScript is used on the site to improve usability. All pages and processes are still accessible and usable if JavaScript is disabled or unavailable.