Our website is built up to WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) level 2 in order to comply with a high level of accessibility and allow the site to work with personal device settings such as screen readers.
Features of the site
Descriptive link text
All links on the site have descriptive link text, so will make sense even when read out of context. For users of assistive technology (e.g. screen-readers) this can allow you to quickly jump through pages of text to find relevant links.
Meaningful ALT attribute on images
Most images on this site contain additional ‘alternate’ text that is stored with the image. This allows users who otherwise wouldn’t be able to see the image access to the stored information. Although this can help users of assistive technology (e.g. screen-readers), this also applies to visitors who disable images because of a slow internet connection.
Any image that is considered purely decorative will have a blank alternate text. This reduces the amount of unnecessary content on the page.
Keyboard Navigation
Most of the website can be navigated by keyboard only.
Videos
All videos on the site have a transcript of the content provided as a PDF download below the video.
Internet Browsers
While we make every attempt to ensure you get the most out of this website, you may find you can improve your browsing experience by altering particular browser settings. Below, we show how to change the settings for common web-browsers.
When in doubt, check your browsers built-in documentation.
Microsoft Edge (ME)
Change font sizes in ME
- Click on the three dots in the right-hand corner
- Go to Settings and select Appearance
- Scroll down to the Font heading and select Font size
Change font settings in ME
- Click on the three dots in the right-hand corner
- Go to Settings and select Appearance
- Scroll down to the Font heading and select Customise fonts
Change font settings in ME
- Click on the three dots in the right-hand corner
- Go to Settings and select Appearance
- Scroll down to the Font heading and select ‘Customise fonts’
Disable images in ME
- Click on the three dots in the right-hand corner
- Go to Settings and select Cookies and Site Permissions
- Scroll down to All Permissions
- Select Images and toggle the Show all button to block images from loading in the Microsoft Edge browser.
Google Chrome
Change font sizes and settings in Chrome
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More. Settings.
- Click Appearance. This will be on the left panel.
- Click on Customize Fonts. You can change the Font size and style
Page zoom in Chrome
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click Settings.
- Click Appearance. This will be on the left panel.
- Next to ‘Page zoom’, click the down arrow. Then select the zoom option that you want.
Disable images in Chrome
- Open Google Chrome on your computer.
- At the top right, click Settings.
- Click Privacy and security. This will be on the left panel.
- Click Site settings.
- Click Images. You may need to scroll down to find this.
- Click Don’t allow sites to show images.
Mozilla Firefox
Change font sizes in Firefox
- From the View menu, choose the Text Size option
Change colour and font settings in Firefox
- On OSX: With Firefox in focus, select the Firefox menu, followed by Preferences
- On other platforms: From the Tools menu, choose Options
- Select the Content tab. To select fonts:
- Within the Fonts & Colors section, select the default font and size from the drop-down menus
2. Clicking the Advanced… will display a new dialog. To enforce your previous font selection, untick the checkbox Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above
- To select colours:
- Within the Fonts & Colors section, click the Colors… button
2. The dialog that appears allows you to select a colour palette that best suits you
3. To enforce your colour selection, untick the checkbox Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above
Disable images in Firefox
- On OSX: With Firefox in focus, select the Firefox menu, followed by Preferences
- On other platforms: From the Tools menu, choose Options
- Select the Content tab
- Untick the checkbox labelled Load images automatically
Internet Explorer (IE)
Change font sizes in IE
- Go to the Command tool bar at the top of the page.
- Select the Page drop-down menu
- Select the Text Size option
Change font settings in IE
- From the Tools menu
- Choose Internet Options
- Select the General tab and then Appearance
- Click Fonts and choose the fonts you want to use
- Click OK
Change colour settings in IE
- From the Tools menu
- Choose Internet Options
- Select the General tab and then Appearance
- Click Colours
- Untick the Use Windows colours checkbox
- For each colour that you want to change, select the colour box, select a new colour, and then select OK.
- Click OK
Disable images in IE
- From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options
- Select the Advanced tab (top right)
- Scroll down to the Multimedia section
- Untick the checkbox labelled Show pictures
- Click Apply
Further help
If your browser isn’t covered here, or you would like more in-depth information, visit My Web my Way, an online guide by the BBC that explains the various accessibility features provided by your web browser.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: [email protected]