Accessibility

Readability, text-only, text-to-speech and access keys.

Accessibility statement

We hope you find this website easy to read and use. If you have problems using the site, or would like to make any suggestions to improve the site's accessibility, please get in touch with us.

Large print, Braille, audio tape, audio CD or computer disc

This information can be made available in large print, Braille, on audio tape, audio CD or computer disc. If you, or someone you know, might benefit from this service, please use the details to the left of this page to contact us.

Readability

We have made every effort to ensure this web site is easily readable using 'plain English'. In addition, we have ensured that the design of this web site is not an obstacle to its usability and readability.

Access for visually and/or physically impaired visitors to our site

We have provided some facilities to make the web site more comfortable for you to use.

• A text only version provides a plain text alternative to every page on this web site
• A  service called Browsealoud

Access keys letting you navigate around the site without using your mouse, as follows:

    s    skip navigation
    t    top of page
    1    Home page
    3    Site Map
    4    Search
    0    This page

Note: To use access keys

For the Windows-based platform: if the browser is Netscape/Mozilla etc, hold down the 'Alt' key and press the assigned key on the keyboard; if the browser is Internet Explorer, do the same as for Netscape, but also press the 'enter' key to navigate to a page.

For the Macintosh platform, hold down the left-hand 'Control' and press the assigned key on the keyboard. (eg. Control-1 navigates to the home page.)