Accessibility

We have taken great care to ensure that this website complies with the current W3C Double A WAI standard for accessibility wherever possible

Access keys and keyboard navigation:

You can use the keyboard to navigate this website using either accesskeys or the tab key.

The accesskey attribute, introduced in HTML4.0, is intended to provide keyboard shortcuts in that they provide an alternative form of navigation to using the mouse.

Accesskeys allows users with limited physical capabilities to navigate the organisation's website more easily. However, there are some drawbacks, for example:

• functionality depends on the type of operating system you are using,
• the accesskey attribute is not supported by older browsers (eg MS Internet Explorer 4 and older and by Netscape 6.x and older),
• with Windows-based systems the user has to press the 'Alt key' and the accesskey, and
• with the Macintosh system the user has to press the 'Ctrl key' and the accesskey.

To use accesskeys in different browsers:

• Firefox:
  • 'Alt + accesskey number' to go to page
  • Download the free Firefox browser here : http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
     
• Internet Explorer (5 or higher):
  • 'Alt + accesskey number' and then 'return' to go to page
  • Find out about Internet Explorer on the Microsoft website : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
     
• Opera:
  • 'Shift + Escape' then 'accesskey number' to go to page
  • Download the Opera browser from their website : http://www.opera.com
     
• Netscape Navigator (6 or higher):
  • 'Alt + accesskey number' to go to page
  • Download the Netscape browser here : http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
     
• Safari (Mac):
  • 'Ctrl + accesskey number' to go to page
  • Read about the Safari browser on the Apple website : http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari/
     
• Konqueror (Linux):
  • 'Ctrl + accesskey number' or 'Alt + accesskey number' to go to page
  • Read about the Konqueror browser on their website : http://www.konqueror.org
     
• Mozilla Seamonkey:
  • Read about Seamonkey on the Mozilla website : http://www.mozilla.org
     
• Gnome (Unix and Linux):
  • Read about the Gnome browser on their website : http://www.gnome.org
     

Tab key

You can use the tab key to scroll through all the links on a page in turn (use shift + tab to return to the previous link).