Our web site has been designed so that it is accessible to as many people as possible. We regularly look at how access to these pages can be improved and update the site accordingly. However, if you, or anyone you know has problems with accessing this website, please contact us either by using the Feedback form or send an email to the Information Service.

Website accessibility standards W3C Standards compliance logo

We strive to enable this website to remain compliant with the Worldwide Web Accessibility Standards at Priority Levels 1 and 2 (WAI-AA WCAG 1.0).

This website is tested periodically with W3C validation tools to assist in identifying where non-compliance may have inadvertently resulted through ongoing maintenance tasks.

Text Size and Colour Schemes

At the top right of each page you can click on the symbols to increase the Text Size, change the Colour Scheme and restore the original settings. 

Browsealoud

Browsealoud is a web site speech enabling service offered by TextHELP Systems Limited, which makes web content accessible to anyone with reading difficulties. It is designed to be simple to use and requires only for you to download the FREE software. The software works by simply scrolling your mouse over the text that you want to read (it also reads menus and hyperlinks to ease navigation). Users have a choice of voice, pitch and speed.

The software is Microsoft Certified and should work on any PC that runs Windows and has Internet Explorer 4.0 upwards or Netscape Navigator.

An increasing number of organisations have enabled their own web sites with Browsealoud, including; the BBC, Yahoo, Google, Disability Rights Commission and some local authorities.

To get this software all you have to do is go to TextHELP's web site and download it for FREE by clicking on the logo below.