Accessibility

Accessibility

We aim to make our work accessible for everyone therefore our standard practice is to make sure the websites we design and produce comply to current programming standards and implement appropriately the accessibility guidelines provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

You can choose to change the text size of this site to suit your requirements, just follow the appropriate instructions below:

In Internet Explorer

From the View menu select Text Size and then choose one of the five text sizes.

In FireFox

From the View menu select Text Size and then choose to Increase or Decrease the text size.

In Safari

From the View menu choose either Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

In all browsers

Hold down the CTRL button and scroll the mouse-wheel up or down to adjust text size accordingly.

Images

Every image throughout the site has been tagged with an ALT attribute. ALT allows alternative description to be given for each image. This allows both screen readers and browsers which don't display images to represent a substitute description.

Flash

Where Flash technology has been used there is a non-Flash replacement to ensure that users without Flash are not hindered in viewing the site.

Standards compliance

The majority of pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use standards-compliant Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for layout. The links at the bottom of the page allow you to test pages with the W3C online validator for XHTML and CSS.

You will need Adobe Reader to view PDF files. You can download it here.

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We have compiled the following links that you may find useful if interested in accessibility.

The Sensory Trust
Accessibility isn't just an online issue. The Sensory Trust can advice on inclusive design for public spaces, exhibitions, gardens and any outdoor space. Their aim is for equality of access for all people, regardless of age, disability or background.

World Wide Web Consortium
The main body that push the web to its full, accessible potential.

RNIB
The RNIB offer advice for building your website so that people of partial or full sight loss can still access the information you are offering.