Accessibility

This site has been designed to meet accessibility guidelines published by the Government and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in order to enable that its content is accessible to all.

There are a number of features available from your computer to make this website easier to use.

• Change the text size
• Change the text font
• Change the text colour
• Change the background colour
• Remove images

Instructions for Microsoft Internet Explorer users:

• Select ‘View’ from the tab at the top of the page
• Select ‘Text Size’
• Then select the size of the font from the text size menu

• Select ‘Tools’ from the tab at the top of the page
• Select ‘Internet Options’
• Select ‘Appearance’ under the General tab
• Tick the box next to ‘Ignore font styles specified on web pages’
• Press ‘Ok’
• Press the ‘Fonts’ button
• Choose your preferred font from the drop-down menu under ‘Web Page Font’
• Press ‘Ok’

• Select ‘Tools’ from the tab at the top of the page
• Select ‘Internet Options’
• Press the ‘Accessibility’ Button
• Tick the box next to ‘Ignore colours specified on web pages’
• Press ‘Ok’
• Press the ‘Colours’ button
• Un-tick the box for ‘Use windows colours’
• To change the colour of the background, press the button to the right of ‘Background’.  Choose your colour from the palette and press ‘Ok’
• Press ‘Ok’ again

• Select ‘Tools’ from the tab at the top of the page
• Select ‘Internet Options’
• Select the ‘Advanced’ tab at the top right corner of the box
• Scroll down to the ‘Multimedia’ heading
• Un-tick the box next to ‘Show Pictures’
• Press ‘Ok’

The instructions are different depending on which browser you are using:
Instructions for Firefox users
Instructions for Navigator users
Instructions for Opera users
Instructions for Apple Mac users

You can download Portable Document Format (PDF) documents using Adobe Reader which is available free of charge

PDF Documents are usually marked with this icon

If your screen reader software is not compatible with Adobe Reader, Adobe provide a free online tool to convert the content of PDF files to text so they can be understood by most screen reader applications

We welcome feedback on the accessibility and usability of our site.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or if you have difficulty using any part of our site, please complete our enquiry form