We are currently striving to meet accessibility guidelines as set
by the government. Efforts are being made to change the entire website to ensure we meet the "AA" compliancy level as set by the WAI (Web
Accessibility Initiative). This is an ongoing process, and we are gradually
working through the entire site to make sure it meets these guidelines.
Accessible design
Many Internet sites are designed in a fashion which makes them difficult, or
even impossible, to use by Internet users with disabilities. We are
in the process of changing the site so that it can take advantage of the
technology that assists users with disabilities, including screen-readers and
the use of access keys to access areas of the site.
Access keys
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that provide links to important areas of
the site. Windows users can press ALT + an access key, followed by RETURN for
those using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Apple Macintosh users can press CONTROL
+ an access key.
This website uses the following UK Government
standard access keys:
- 1 = Homepage
- 3 = Site map
- 6 = Help
- 8 = Terms & conditions
We aim to make all our pages
validate as
XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic mark-up. We also aim for
our pages to conform to the
Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, which are endorsed by the
Royal
National Institute for the Blind. We strive to obey the spirit of the
UK Disability Discrimination Act
1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the
Disability Rights Commission.