
We have especially adapted our web site to support keyboard commands to navigate to the main areas of the site. They are known as Access Keys.
Access keys make navigating websites much easier, both for screen readers but also for people such as typists who find it quicker to use the keyboard to navigate around a website.
For example, in Internet Explorer, to move to the home page, hold down the ALT key and press the number 1 key (above the letters), then press the Enter key and you will quickly navigate to the home page.
On a MAC, instead of using the ALT key, use the CTRL Accesskey followed by number 1 for the homepage.
Every page in this website has the access keys set up; use of Alt S to move to the Start of the page content and Alt N to move to the Navigation menu make navigating the website quicker for screen readers..
This website can also be navigated easily using the tab key. This allows fast navigation without needing to use the mouse.
If you suffer poor sight there are several things you can do to make the screen easier to read.
There are several methods of doing this, depending upon your browser.
This website makes use of features such as style sheets and access keys. This makes the website as easy as possible to read and navigate for people with little or no vision using a screen reader.
This website has been designed to be as accessible to EVERYONE as possible. Some pages have been tested with the JAWS (Job Access With Speech) software. Accesskeys have been set up to ease navigation with screen readers, and for users who prefer the keyboard to the mouse. If you experience any difficulty in viewing it, then please contact us and we will try and help sort this out.
The colours used on this website have been checked so that the 10% of people with red/green colour blindness should still be able to view them.
This website is navigable without the use of a mouse. On all pages, accesskeys have been set up such that whenever you press the Alt key and number 1 you will go to the home page.