We're committed to providing a site that is accessible to everyone. We are always seeking to improve our website and its ease of use.
Our guidelines include:
- Designing the site for different monitor sizes - including mobile phones - so horizontal scrolling is not required
- Using meaningful alternative text for all images to provide descriptive text
- Using a simple colour scheme
- Using a standard font which is easy to read
The site has been designed to adhere to best practice by following W3C standards. Pages have been built to comply with a standard of WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines, and where possible we have aimed to achieve AAA.
Fonts
Text size can be increased or decreased in your browser. General guidelines are shown below, or the BBC has a useful set of instructions and video guides as part of its My Web My Way guide.
Chrome
- Access your Chrome font settings here, where you can change the default size from Very small to Very large
- Alternatively you can zoom in on any page by holding CTRL and +, and you can zoom out using CTRL and -
Safari
- You can hold down the Apple key and + to zoom in, and hold the Apple key and - to zoom out
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the three-line menu icon in the top right of the browser and choose "Options"
- "Fonts & Colours" appears under Language and Accessibility, where you can change the default font and its size
- Alternatively you can zoom in on any page by holding CTRL and +, and you can zoom out using CTRL and -
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Click "View" at the top of the screen
- Click on "Text size" on the drop down menu that appears
- Options including "small", "medium", "large", "largest" should appear
- Select "largest"
Images
Where possible, we have used descriptive alternative text for relevant images across the site to assist screen readers.
Video
We use YouTube to host our videos, and where possible videos used on the website will have their captions coded into the video file. Where this hasn't been possible, the captions will have been created within YouTube. These captions can be accessed by clicking the 'CC' button within the video player.
Feedback
We are always seeking to make improvements to the site and welcome any comments, suggestions or feedback. Please email our team if you have any problems or suggestions.