Accessibility

W3C standards

This website has been developed to comply with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to ensure effective support for users requiring accessibility features.  Below are some key features of support:


Access keys

Access keys have been setup to allow keyboard navigation to main parts of this website. They are as follows:

h : Home page

f : Feedback

s : jump to page content

0 : How we can help

1: Information and support

2 : About Us

3 : News

Use of access keys differs from browser to browser - see below:

BrowserWindowsLinuxMac
Internet Explorer [Alt] + accesskey N/A  
Chrome [Alt] + accesskey [Alt] + accesskey [Control] [Alt] + accesskey
Firefox [Alt] [Shift] + accesskey [Alt] [Shift] + accesskey [Control] [Alt] + accesskey
Safari [Alt] + accesskey N/A [Control] [Alt] + accesskey
Opera Opera 15 or newer: [Alt] + accesskey
Opera 12.1 or older: [Shift] [Esc] + accesskey

 

Stylesheets

Using settings on your browser you can use your own stylesheet to affect the presentation of text and images throughout the site.  Each browser supports this feature in a slightly different manner. Instructions on how to create a stylesheet are outside the scope of this website, but there are a number of free tools available on the web to help you create your own.

Text sizes

The font size of this website can be adjusted to your preference via settings on your browser. This differs from browser to browser. Internet Explorer, select View, then Text Size, and then a text size. In Firefox select View, then Zoom In or Out.

Screen readers

This site is designed to operate with most modern screen readers to ensure that navigation and content is delivered in a manner that is consistent with the written form.