Accessibility

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Visibility

This website has been designed to be accessible. The majority of the text being in high contrast to the background colour.

Text Size

To resize the text, select View and Text Size in your browser toolbar and choose the text size that suits you best. If you have a mouse with a scrolling wheel, you can resize the text by holding down the CTRL key and turning the scrolling wheel forwards or back.

Browser Accessibility Options

Modern internet browsers and Windows operating systems are provided with a range of tools to improve the usability of the site for people with disabilities.

If you use Internet Explorer  to view the Internet, the following guidelines will enable you to enlarge the size of the text and control the colours on your screen.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC

• Open your Internet Explorer web browser.
• Select ‘Tools’ from the menu at the top of your window.
• From the options which appear, select ‘Internet options…’.Click on the ‘General’ tab.
• Click on the button marked ‘Accessibility’.
• To change your font size, select the checkbox marked ‘Ignore font sizes specified on web pages’.
• To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked ‘Ignore colours specified on web pages’.
• Click OK (and again if necessary).

Mozilla Firefox

Text:

• Select ‘Edit’ from the menu at the top of the window and choose ‘Preferences’.
• Open the Appearance group and click the ‘Fonts’ category.
• The word ‘Western’ should appear next to ‘For the Encoding’.
• This will tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From ‘Size’ select 18.
• Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select ‘Arial’. The Fixed Width Font box should already read ‘Courier New’. From ‘Size’ select 18.
• To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select ‘Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts’.
• Click ‘OK’.

Colours:

• Select ‘Edit’ from the menu at the top of the window and choose ‘Preferences’.
• Open the Appearance group and click the ‘Colours’ category.
• Select a colour button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links or visited links.
• To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select ‘Always use my colours, overriding document’.
• Click ‘OK’.

With Windows XP, you can also use the Accessibility Wizard.

• Click on Start.
• Select All Programmes.
• Choose Accessories.
• Choose Accessibility.
• Select Accessibility Wizard.
• Follow the on screen instructions.

Windows XP also provides an On Screen Reader (Narrator), a Magnifier, an On Screen Keyboard and other useful options. See your Windows User Guide or select the Windows Tour from the Accessories section.

Contact The Webmaster

We are always keen to improve the accessibility features of our website and welcome your suggestions and comments.

If you encounter any accessibility or technical problems when using this site, please contact the webmaster