Accessibility

We are committed to providing a Website with a high degree of accessibility for all users. This site has been designed and developed following the guidelines produced by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and we aim to continuously improve our online services and make them easier for everyone to use.

Navigation

The navigation throughout this site has been designed to work in a consistent way to ensure you have access to the information you need. You will also find that you can change some of the options in your Internet browser to alter the way our web pages are displayed.

Help with changing your settings using Internet Explorer

To permanently apply font and colour changes

1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
2. On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
3. Click on the three boxes to show ticks
4. Click on 'OK'

To enlarge text

1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
2. On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
3. Tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
4. Click on 'OK'
5. On the browser menu select 'view'
6. Click 'text size'
7. Choose the size of text

To change text and background colour

1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
2. On the General tab, select 'Colour'
3. Deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
4. Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour
5. Click on 'OK'
6. Select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour
7. Click on 'OK'

To prevent graphics and images appearing

1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
2. On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
3. Deselect the graphics options 'animations', 'videos', 'pictures' and 'images' by clicking on the boxes to remove the ticks
4. Click on 'Apply' then 'OK'

To change the size of the window

1. On the browser View menu select 'Full screen' or press F11

To change the colour of links displayed on a screen

1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
2. On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
3. Click on 'Select ignore colours specified on Web pages' (should contain a tick)
4. Click 'OK'
5. Select 'General' tab and click on 'Colours'
6. Turn off the 'Use hover colours' tick box (should not contain a tick)
7. Select 'Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK
8. Select 'Not Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK
9. Select 'OK' for 'Colours'
10. Select 'OK' for 'Internet Options'

Other options Other options such as removing animation are available:

1. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
2. On the Advanced tab choose any of the options available to improve the visibility of the web pages.

If you have any problems changing your browser settings, use the Help menu in your browser toolbar.