Accessibility
The site is designed to work properly with assistive technologies like screen readers, and also to allow you to customize its appearance without making it harder to use.
To change the size of text on this site, you can use the “Text size: smaller” or “larger” links on the right of each page. You can also change settings in your web browser. Go to the “View” menu and then select “Text Size” or “Text Zoom” to see the options available in your browser.
You can also set these options permanently in most browsers, usually in the same way as you set preferences for colours
You can change the colour of the background and the text of the site. This can be particularly useful if you are using magnification technology and the white background produces an uncomfortable glare.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the “Tools” menu and select “Internet Options”. Click the “Colours” button to set your preferred colours.
In Mozilla Firefox, go to the “Tools” menu and select “Options”. In the “General” section, select “Fonts & colours”.
In Netscape Navigator, go to the “Edit” menu and select “Preferences”. In the “Appearance” section, select “Fonts/Colours”.
Accessibility standards
Pages on this site use valid XHTML and CSS.
Pages on this site meet Priority 1 accessibility checkpoints as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (this is also known as “A” or “Single-A” compliance). Any new websites funded with money from our Innovation and Good Practice programme are required to meet the “AA” standard.
Non-HTML files downloadable from this site – for example, Microsoft Office documents or Adobe PDF files – may present accessibility problems. If you have a problem accessing these or any other information on the site, please contact us and we will try to provide the information in an appropriate format.