Accessibility

Our aim is to meet all priority 1 requirements of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0). Meeting this standard is commonly known as Level A compliance.


We also aim to meet as many priority 2 requirements of the WCAG 1.0 as possible. Meeting this standard is commonly known as Level AA compliance.

Tools on our website allow you to:

  • Change the text size
  • View the site as text only
  • Change text and background colours

If you have any problems or would like to make any suggestions to improve the site, please contact us .

The site has been constructed using several accessibility principles to allow users, including those with visual impairments and other disadvantaged groups, to access the information contained on the site.

However, some of the tools and technologies used are immature at present and may not be fully accessible to all users - where this is the case we will aim to improve the site as these tools and technologies mature.