Accessibility

This website has been designed and programmed to be as accessible as possible and to be compatible with the types of adaptive technology used by people with disabilities, including screen readers.

The site has been built to meet as many Priority 1, 2, and 3 checkpoints as possible, as described in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1 (WCAG1) published by the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

This website aims to comply with the UK Government’s Disability Discrimination Act of October 1999 and 2004, the Royal National Institute for the Blind’s web accessibility guidelines, and the W3C consortium’s Web Access Initiative guidelines.

BROWSERS

The site has been designed and built for Internet Explorer 6 and above, Firefox 1.5 and above, and Safari browser. While the site may function on older browsers, you may experience a degraded experience. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of your browser via the Microsoft, Firefox or Apple websites.

ADOBE FLASH

The site uses Adobe Flash version 8. You can download the latest version of Flash on the Adobe website.

TEXT SIZE

Some people may wish to view this website in larger text size. To do this you will need to adjust your browser settings:

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the “View” menu in the browser tool bar, select “Text size” and select your required size – either larger or smaller

If you are using Netscape Navigator, go to the “View” menu in the browser tool bar, select “Increase Font” or “Decrease Font” and until the text is the required size