Accessibility

This website has been designed to be as accessible as possible to people with disabilities. It is compatible with adaptive technologies including screen readers and text only web browsers.

To navigate through this website please use the navigation at the left or top of the page. You can use the tab key to navigate through the menu links.

This website has been built to comply with standards for most modern browsers. If the information does not display correctly, we suggest you update to the most current version of your preferred browser.

Known browser support

This website operates on a wide range of browsers and operating systems. It has been tested specifically against:

Microsoft Windows XP

  • IE 8.0
  • IE 7.0
  • IE 6.0
  • Firefox 3
  • Opera 9
  • Safari 3

Mac operating system

  • Safari 3
  • Firefox 3

Screen sizes

This website has been designed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. It will be viewable at a resolution of 800 x 600 but you will miss the total experience with such a large screen format.

If you would like to change your screen resolution to 1024 x 768, right click your mouse (from your desktop) and click on properties. Click the settings tab. Then select a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.

To enlarge your browser to fit the whole size of your screen:

  • In Internet Explorer select View > Full Screen, or press F11.
  • In Mozilla Firefox select View > Full Screen, or press F11.
  • Other browsers may vary

Font sizes

You may change the display font size to your preference by using the Text size - + buttons at the top of the screen.

Alternatively, you can use your browser:

  • In Internet Explorer, select View > Text size and then your preferred size.
  • In Mozilla Firefox, select View > Text size and then your preferred size.
  • Other browsers may vary.

Style sheets and Font colours

You may import your own style sheet into this website:

  • In Internet Explorer select Tools > Internet options > Accessibility. Next click on any or all of three checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says, 'format documents using my style sheet' then simply browse to your style sheet and click OK.
  • In Mozilla Firefox select Tools > Options > Content then your chosen font family.
  • Other browsers may vary.

Remove all colour information

To navigate this site without colour:

  • In Internet Explorer select Tools > Internet options > Accessibility > Ignore colours specified on Web pages.
  • In Mozilla Firefox select Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colours > Colours > then uncheck 'Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above'.

Documents

Some of the files on this website are supplied in PDF format. We recommend that users download the latest FREE version of Adobe Reader to view these.

Our aim is to ensure that all our PDFs are accessible. Presently, a small number are still to be revised into fully accessible versions. We are working to change this and will update documents as necessary.

Other documents are supplied in Microsoft Word format. We recommend that users download the latest FREE version of Word Viewer to view these.

We also provide some files in ZIP format, to allow for easy grouping of related documents. If you are having trouble opening these file types, please read this advice. 

Multimedia

We provide an increasing number of video clips on the site, to bring our content to life and to make it available to people who find it easier to view rather than read information.

Video clips are provided in Flash and you need Flash version 9.0 or above in order to view them. Download free Flash Player.

Feedback

Maintaining an accessible site is an ongoing process and we still have work to do to meet the standards we have set ourselves. However, if you have any problems using this website, or comments you would like to make, please use the website feedback form.