Accessibility
Our aim is to make our website as accessible as possible to the widest range of people. This means considering the specific needs of not only those with visual or motor impairments, learning difficulties and other forms of disability, but also different browser technology and Internet connection speeds.
To this end, we have endeavoured to comply with the most widely accepted guidelines for the construction of accessible web sites specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Their Website Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define three levels of accessibility, each progressively more demanding. The most basic level of accessibility is Priority 1 (level A compliance) followed by Priority 2 and 3 (levels AA and AAA).
This site complies with all Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints and where possible Priority 3. We are aware however, that a number of the checkpoints are subjective and there may be instances where interpretation may vary.
WAI-ARIA roles have been implemented where possible to help assistive technologies such screen readers interpret dynamic content and user interface components
This site also validates to W3C specifications on HyperText Markup Language 5.0 (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
This site has been developed utilising the latest techniques and technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3. Some features of these latest technologies have yet to be implemented and as a result some aspects of this website will be different between browsers. We recommend you ensure you are running the latest version of your Internet browser.