Accessibility

Accessibility
W3C Standards
We are striving to make this website compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium's XHTML 1.0 standard.

We are also aiming for "Double A" conformance to web content accessibility guidelines as set out by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative.

Changing text size

  • Website text size
    In Internet Explorer on a PC, select the View menu at the top of the screen. To change font size, scroll down and select the Text size option. Alternatively, you can click on the A A A icons on the bottom left hand corner of each page.
  • Document text size
    Use the Zoom feature in the toolbar to change the text size of Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe Acrobat documents.
  • Changing colour and fonts
    PC users can override website colour and font page styles by modifying browser settings:
    With Internet Explorer, from the Tools menu, select Internet Options. Within Internet Options, select the General tab and click Accessibility. This gives a page of menu options from which you can tick a box to ignore the predefined page style. Return to the Internet Options menu, and select your own colours and fonts.
    Macintosh users can override website colour and font page styles by modifying browser setting. With Internet Explorer, from the top menu bar, select Preferences. Within the Web Browser section, select Web content and uncheck the Show style sheets tick box. Select Language/fonts and choose the preferred text size from the font options.