WebSite Accessibility Guidelines

Access4All are committed to making our online information accessible to all visitors and are striving to adhere to accessibility guidelines. Our efforts include:

- Maintaining a standard layout and navigation structure throughout Using headings, paragraphs, lists and other HTML (HyperText Markup Language) to create a logical document structure

- Allowing visitors to resize all text using their browser settings

- Using foreground and background colour combinations which have sufficient contrast and are not known to cause problems to those with visual impairments

- Using alt attributes and/or titles on all images where appropriate, and ensuring that all alt and title attributes are meaningful

- Designing layouts to work satisfactorily over a range of screen resolutions

- Ensuring all hyperlinks use descriptive and meaningful text

- Providing access keys to allow keyboard navigation to the main areas of the site

- Always providing an alternative to scripts or other controls which rely on client device capability

- Using plain English

- Using a written style that is straightforward and understandable

- Access4All are always trying to improve our website. If you have any comments on our accessibility policy

Resizing the text

To increase the text size:

Internet Explorer: View > Text size
Firefox: View > Text size
Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels)

You can also resize the text by scrolling with the wheel of your mouse whilst holding down the control key.

How to use the keys:

Internet Explorer - Alt + access key number/alpha character and Enter

Netscape, Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox - Alt + access key number/alpha character

Opera - Shift + Esc followed by access key number/alpha character

Macs - Ctrl + access key number/alpha character

Screen settings

Access4All website has been designed for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.  To get the best from this site please alter your screen settings to this specification. The resolution is the number of pixels or dots in an image.

If you are viewing this Access4All on a lower resolution screen such as 800 x 600 pixels, the text and images will look larger, and horizontal scroll bars will appear.

Remember this site encourages others to give Access for All by means of a qualified Access Audit