Accessibility

Website accessibility in the UK is generally measured against guidelines and standards set by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) where:

• A is the most basic standard. Websites must comply with all WAI priority 1 checkpoints to achieve this standard.
• AA is a higher standard requiring compliance with all WAI priority 1 and 2 checkpoints.
• AAA is the highest standard, demanding compliance with all priority 1, 2 and 3 WAI checkpoints.

Pages on this website aim to meet ‘A’ standard and strive to achieve ‘AA’ standard where possible.

We make every effort to ensure we don’t exclude any users. For example:

• We try to use clear and simple language.
• We try to use alternative text for all images.
• We have tested the colours we use in the design for contrast.
• We try to publish all our text content as accessible HTML rather than in other formats such as PDF.
• Where we do publish PDFs or other formats, we try to make them as accessible as we can.

Making our website fully accessible is an ongoing process and we’re committed to offering a user-friendly experience.