Web site accessibility

This Web site is designed, where possible, to provide equal access to all users.

To aid those users who have disabilities, the pages of this Web site contain various accessibility features.

In addition to main navigation access key shortcuts, this site also contains the following accessibility aids:

• Each page has a 'skip navigation' link - to take users directly to the main content, skipping the main navigation. This link is hidden from sighted users.
• Navigation is repeated at the foot of each page.
• All form fields have access key shortcuts, as indicated by the underlined characters.
• All form fields use 'tabindex' to control the correct tabbing order from one field to the next.
• The pages use style sheets to control the design; when style sheets are not loaded, the page content is properly linear.
• All graphics have alternative text where appropriate and use the longdesc tag, where needed; a [D] link, next to those images which benefit from a long description, will take the visitor to the long description file (for those visitors whose browsers do not support the longdesc attribute). This link is hidden from sighted users.

The site avoids those HTML elements which reduce accessibility, such as using forms for layouts or depreciated tags

Every effort has been made to ensure that this Web site is as accessible as possible, based on recognised accessibility guidelines and standards. Please note that not all browsers or access devices as yet fully support these standards.

All pages in this site are Bobby AAA Approved and conform to all priority 1 and most priority 2 and 3 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This Web site is tested regularly for compliance with current accessibility standards.

All pages on this site are tested as valid XHTML transitional, using W3C's mark-up validation service, and conform to W3C's recommendations and standards..