Website Accessibility

Accessibility Keys

The following Access keys have been used on this site, based on the UK government recommended set of access keys:

S – Skip Navigation

1 – Home Page

2 – Latest News

3 – Sitemap

8 – Terms and Conditions

9 – Contact Form

0 – Access key details (this page)

Website Information

Font size

The size of the fonts used on the site can be changed using your own preferred browser settings.

Headings

HTML heading tags are used to convey document structure. H1 tags are used for the main page title and H2 and H3 tags are use for subtitles.

Stylesheets

Cascading stylesheets have been used for the visual layout of this site. The content of the site has been coded to still be readable and clearly structured should a browser or browsing device not support stylesheets.

Navigation

The main navigation menu is defined using HTML lists, to ensure it can be efficiently used by screen readers. A link is at the top of each page to allow screen reader users to skip the navigation menu if required.

A link to this accessibility information and a text-only site map are also available at the beginning of every page.

Colours

We have taken care to ensure that font and background colour combinations provide significant contrast.

Images

All images used on the site have descriptive alt tag attributes defined.

Tables

We have avoided using tables for layout purposes. All tables used to display data have summaries and header cells to allow screen readers to render them effectively.

Javascript

Javascript has been used to enhance some features of the site. Where it has been used, all pages will remain accessible with Javascrip turned off.

Links

Where possible all links have been written to make sense when taken out of context. All links have a meaningful title attribute defined.

Forms and fields

All forms fields follow a logical tab sequence to ensure easy navigation. Form fields also have ‘label’ and ‘id’ attributes to explicitly associate the form field with its label to allow for easy entry of data.