This website has been built in accordance with the best practices for accessibility and web standards.
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use a mouse for navigation. Access keys are indicated by the underlining of a single letter in the link, for example: home.
Many internet users with disabilities find website difficult or even impossible to use simply because of the way they are designed. This website has been designed to be as accessible as possible and to be compatible with the types of adaptive technology used by people with disabilities, including screen readers. As such, visitors can control the size of the text and can use ‘access keys’ on the keyboard rather than the mouse to navigate through pages.
At the start of every page are invisible links providing direct access to content, navigation and the accessibility statement, each with accesskeys. When keyboard-navigating, however, the links become visible - try tabbing through the links on the page.
Also, as some versions of the Macromedia Flash plug-in ‘trap’ keyboard-navigating users within the main navigation, some links are repeated in the keyboard links, for ease of use.
All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup. The CSS also validates.
We strive to obey the spirit of the UK Disability Discrimination Act 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission.
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