Accessibility

This site uses the Open Source Content Management System Plone and has been designed to be completely accessible and usable, working in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG v1.0).

Text size

You can increase or decrease the size of the text on this website. To do this use the text size icons at the top of each page.

Speech enabled with BrowseAloud

Browsealoud is a solution that allows you the option of having Web site content read to you. As you move the cursor over text, it is spoken aloud. Browsealoud is free to download and you have control over the voice, word pronunciations and speech highlighting.

You simply download a small browser plug-in and once installed, content on the site can be spoken aloud. Browsealoud is FREE for you the user.

To install Browsealoud visit the Browsealoud website www.browsealoud.com

Access keys

Access keys are a navigation device enabling you to get around this web site using your keyboard.

In-depth information about access keys can be found at W3C Accessibility Guidelines.

Available access keys

This site uses a setup that closely matches most international recommendations on access keys. These are:

• 1 — Home Page
• 2 — Skip to content
• 3 — Site Map
• 4 — Search field focus
• 5 — Advanced Search
• 6 — Site navigation tree
• 9 — Contact information
• 0 — Access Key details

Using access keys in different web browsers

Internet Explorer 5+ (Windows)

Hold down the Alt key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER.

Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Windows)

Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Mac OS X)

Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Safari and Omniweb (Mac OS X)

Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Konqueror (Linux)

Press and release the Ctrl key, then press the number or letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 4 (Windows)

Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)

Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)

Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.

Netscape 6 and earlier (All platforms)

Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.

Accessibility Statement

We have undertaken to use our knowledge and understanding of the ways in which different people access the Internet, to develop a web site that is clear and simple for everybody to use.

Validation

We have used XHTML 1.0 and CSS that conforms to specification, as laid out by the W3C because we believe that usability and accessibility must have a solid foundation. If anything on this web site does not validate correctly, please contact us.

We have also endeavoured to achieve AA accessibility as measured against version 1.0 of the WCAG. We are aware however, that a number of the checkpoints of the WCAG are subjective — and although we are sure that we have met them squarely, there may be instances where interpretation may vary.