Accessibility and Site Help

We have worked hard to ensure the site is accessible to all, if you feel there are areas we could improve, do let us know

Standards Compliance

We aim to make this website as accessible as possible. The site has been produced using XHTML (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) coding methods.

This page covers the following areas:

• W3C Validation
• Skip Navigation
• Resizing Text
• Changing the Stylesheet
• External Sites
• Browser Compatibility

W3C Validation

This site is compliant with W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, Level A conformance.

Skip Navigation

For those using screen readers, you are given the option to skip the navigation elements at the start of each page and go directly to the main content. The access key assigned to 'Skip Navigation' is S.

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Resizing Text

As relative font sizes (small, medium, large etc.) and not pixel-based font sizes have been used on this site, you can easily resize the text. To do do so, please follow the steps below relevant to your browser:

Internet Explorer: View > Text size
Netscape: Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts OR View > Text Zoom
Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels) OR View > Zoom

Alternatively, scroll with the wheel of your mouse whilst holding down the control key.

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Changing the Stylesheet

If you would prefer to use your own stylesheet, follow the steps below relevent to your browser to override the attached style sheet. Please note that if you choose to do this, the intended presentation will be lost.

Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > General > Accessibility > Tick 'Format documents using my style sheet' > Browse (to your style sheet)
Opera: File > Preferences > Page Style > My Style Sheet > Browse (to your style sheet)

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External sites

Links to external websites carry the following symbol which acts as a visual cue to alert the user that they will be leaving this website.

Browser Compatibility

The site has been tested and provides full functionality on the following browsers and platforms:

• Internet Explorer 5.2 - Macintosh
• Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0 - Windows 98/2000
• Internet Explorer 6.0,7.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 7+ - Windows Vista
• Netscape 7.0 - Macintosh, Windows 2000
• Netscape 7.2 - Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Opera 6, Opera 8 - Macintosh
• Opera 7, Opera 8 - Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Konqueror 3.4 - Linux
• Mozilla 1.6, Mozilla 1.7.12 - Windows 2000, Windows XP, Macintosh
• Mozilla 1+ - Linux, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Macintosh
• Safari 1.3, Safari 2 - Macintosh
• AOL 9.0 - Windows 2000

If you would like to upgrade your existing browser or download a new browser please select from the links below:

• Download/upgrade Firefox
• Download/upgrade Flock
• Download/upgrade Internet Explorer
• Download/upgrade Opera