accessibility policy

 

This website has been constructed with user accessibility strongly in mind. We have endeavoured to make this site as usable and accessible as possible. This site conforms to the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines, single-A standard while also fufiling many of guidlines covered in the double-A and triple-A standards.

If you experience any problems viewing this site please contact us and we'll do our best to help you get the information you require.

Accessibility Information

This site is optimised for 1024x768 pixel screen resoultion. You may have to scroll the screen horizontally if you are using a screen resolution lower than this standard (e.g. 800x600 pixels).

Please also note that if you change the text size to view our site, this will affect all other sites you see until you change your browser setting back again.

To adjust the text size in various internet browsers:

Internet Explorer: Choose the 'View' option on the top horizontal menu on your browser. Choose the 'Text size' option. Select the size you want to see.

Mozilla (Firefox, Flock): Choose the 'View' option on the top horizontal menu on your browser. Choose the 'Text size' option. Select the size you want to see.

Opera: Choose the 'View' option on the top horizontal menu on your browser. Choose the 'Zoom' option. Select the size you want to see.

Safari: Choose the 'View' option on the top horizontal menu on your browser, then choose the 'Preferences' option. Alternatively hold down 'Ctrl' key (Apple Button) and press the '+' or '-' key to adjust the size you want to see.

Back to top links have been included in longer pages to enable you to move more quickly between information on the page.

All content images used in this site, where possible, include descriptive alternative text (ALT) attributes. Where appropriate we have used the 'Title' tag to convey more information about the section or site navigation.

All text hyperlinks fully describe their target so that they make sense when read out of context, by a screen reader for example.

A site map has been built to give you an overview of the content and the information hierarchy of the site. It will allow you to navigate to the main section of the website.

Documents & Downloads

Documents on our website are mainly in Adobe PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it from the Adobe website.

Some information is in Microsoft Powerpoint format. If you do not have Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer download it from the Microsoft website.


If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it using the link below.

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