Accessibility Statement

We want everyone who visits this web site to feel welcome and to find the experience rewarding.

What Are We Doing?

To help us make this web site a positive place for everyone, we've been using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities as well as more user friendly for everyone.

The guidelines have three levels of accessibility (A, AA and AAA). We've chosen Level AA as the minimum target for this web site.

We have built in accessibility by design.

We also train our staff, set targets and assign responsibilities relating to the accessibility of this web site. We also employ quality assurance methods that take into account accessibility.

How Are We Doing?

We've worked hard on the web site and believe we've largely achieved our goal of Level AA accessibility. We monitor the web site regularly to maintain this, but if you do find any problems, please do tell us. We want to remediate any issues we can.

What We Are Using

Our web site uses the following technologies to work:-

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

The accessibility of our web site relies on these technologies working with your particular web browser and any assistive technologies installed on your device.

Our web site is not designed to be used with web browsers that are older than three major versions or mobile operating systems older than five years.

View Our Web Site Your Way

There are a number of customisation options for your browser and device that could help you use this web site and others more effectively.

AbilityNet provide advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How We Evaluate Our Web Site's Accessibility

We self-evaluate our web site's accessibility using a series of automated tests supplemented by manual reviews to ensure conformance with the WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Guidelines.

We regularly test sample pages to ensure we maintain the high standard we have set.

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