Accessibility
We are committed to making our sites more accessible and are always looking for ways to make our websites and online services easier to use.
Where possible, we follow the guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) under the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Browser compatibilityFont
We have used a non-serif font as most people find this easier to read on a screen, chosen colours for our text that give good contrast with the background colours.
Changing your font size
This section contains instructions on changing your font size.
Mac users please note, where you are told to hold down control, please use the apple key instead.
You can find instructions for the following browsers:
Internet Explorer 8 and 7
You can adjust the size of the page in Internet Explorer 8 and 7 using the following methods:
You can also adjust the size of the text only by selecting the ‘view' menu and then the ‘text size' menu, and choosing an option.
Internet Explorer 6
You can adjust the size of the text by selecting the ‘view' menu and then the ‘text size' menu, and choosing an option.
Firefox 3
You can adjust the size of the page using the following methods:
You can also adjust the size of the text only by selecting the ‘view' menu and then the ‘zoom' menu, and choosing Zoom text only. The keyboard shortcuts will then alter the size of the text, but not the rest of the page
Opera
You can adjust the size of the page in Opera 9 using the following methods:
Safari
You can adjust the size of the text in safari using the following methods:
We use text (in ALT tags) to describe images. We use descriptive links so you know where the link takes you, and we don‘t use frames which are difficult for screen readers and special browsers to interpret.