Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by all people, regardless of physical ability or browsing technology. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality.
Our website currently conforms to Level Triple-A Conformance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 and is regularly tested using the online checker Cynthia Says™. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities. Conformance to these guidelines will help make the web more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users.
Our website is built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. We design the site with usability and accessibility in mind.
If you have any suggestions for how we can increase the accessibility of this site please contact us via
The BBC website has some great tips on how to alter the text size in a variety of web browsers, such as Internet Explorer:
We use icons to distinguish the different types of links we use:
denotes a PDF (Portable Document Format) link, see belowBelow is a list of "access keys". These are keyboard shortcuts that link directly to the main sections of the site. To navigate using the access keys please press and hold the 'alt' key ('ctrl' key on Macs) and then press the required number (for Firefox 2 please hold ‘alt’ and ‘shift’ and press the required number). If using Internet Explorer please press Enter to confirm selection.
