Accessibility

Accessibility of this website is of the utmost importance. We have designed this website to be as easy to use as possible for everybody, and we are working everyday to ensure that it also complies with the Disability Discrimination Act DDA.

Whilst we do all we can, the website is also designed to provide a rich, vibrant experience and to portray visually the ethos and services provided by our company.

Having issues?

Resizing Text

• Internet Explorer 4:
  Choose View>Internet Options…>Accessibility… and check the ignore font sizes specified on the web pages option. Click OK, OK, and then you can alter the text size using the View>Text Size option.
• Internet Explorer (version 5 and later):
  Choose Tools>Internet Options…>Accessibility… and check the ignore font sizes specified on the web pages option. Click OK, OK, and then you can alter the text size using the View>Text Size option.
• Mozilla Firefox
  Select the keys CTRL and + (From menu: View, Text Size, Increase) together to increase text size and CTRL and – to reduce it (From menu: View, Text Size, Decrease).
• All other browsers
  You should be able to resize the text directly from the menu bar. Please see your specific browser help pages if you are having difficulty.

You should also be able to resize text in most browsers by holding down CTRL and using the scroll wheel on your mouse, if you have one.

Zoom in on the Page

Open the Windows magnifier using the following steps:

1. Open the ‘ Start ‘ menu by clicking on the ‘ Start ‘ button orby pressing the Windows logo key (located between the ‘ Ctrl ‘ and ‘ Alt ‘ keys on most keyboards ) alternatively press ‘ Ctrl ‘ + ‘ Esc ‘.
2. Click on ‘ Programs ‘ or alternatively press ‘ P ‘ on the keyboard until ‘Programs’ is highlighted and then ‘ Enter‘ .
3. Click on ‘ Accessories ‘ or press ‘ A ‘ on the keyboard until ‘ Accessories ‘ is highlighted and then press ‘Enter ‘ .
4. Click on ‘ Accessibility ‘ or if you are using the keyboard, it will already be highlighted so just press ‘Enter ‘ .
5. Click on ‘ Magnifier ‘ or press ‘ M ‘ and when ‘ Magnifier‘ is highlighted, press ‘ Enter ‘ on the keyboard.
6. The magnifier is now turned on and the settings box appears.
7. You can click in the magnification level box to change the level of magnification or use the up and down arrow keys.
8. You can minimise the magnifier settings box by clicking the minimise button orby pressing ‘ Alt ‘ + ‘ Space ‘ and then press ‘ N ‘ .

Get the Computer to Read to you

To start Narrator:

1. Open the ‘ Start ‘ menu by clicking on the ‘ Start ‘ button or by pressing the Windows logo key (located between the Ctrl and Alt keys on most keyboards), alternatively press ‘ Ctrl ‘ + ‘ Esc ‘ .
2. Click on ‘ All Programs ‘ or alternatively press ‘ P ‘ on the keyboard until All Programs is highlighted and then press ‘ Enter ‘ .
3. Click on ‘ Accessories ‘ or press ‘ A ‘ on the keyboard until ‘ Accessories ‘ is highlighted and then press ‘Enter ‘ .
4. Click on ‘ Accessibility ‘ or if you are using the keyboard, it will already be highlighted so just press ‘Enter ‘.
5. Click on ‘ Narrator ‘ or press’ N ‘ until ‘ Narrator‘ is highlighted and then press ‘ Enter ‘.
6. The ‘ Microsoft Narrator ‘ window will then appear and ‘ Narrator ‘ immediately starts talking and reads out the instructions on how to use this feature.

If you need more help with accessing our website, the BBC has an excellent website to help you which you can find at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/