Using the site your way
The Council aims to make this website accessible to all users
and as a result follows certain standards and Government guidelines
to ensure that this site can be used as effectively and easily as
possible by everyone.
The site has been designed to conform to the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative's 'AA' standard. You
can find details about this standard using this link to the
World Wide Web
Consortium website
In addition most of the webpages are designed to be used with
screenreaders, so that visually impaired users can easily access
the content and navigate the site and as a result every page has a
set of easy access
keys.
Text Size
If you find the text size on this website is too small or too
large for you to read comfortably, you can change the size of the
text via your browser. Find out more under Help with vieiwing the
website or you can use the bigger text option on the right
hand menu.
Text Only
A Text Only version of the website which does not show images,
although you will still be able to see any text associated with the
image, is available. The "text only" version website: loads more
quickly; is easier to copy from and is compatible with Screen
Readers for people with visual impairments
External Links
We no longer open external links in a new window. While this is
often seen as the more logical and accessible way of providing
links to external sites, recent research - supported by the W3C -
has shown opening extra windows for new content can actually be
more disorientating.
As a result, we have taken the decision to open external links
in the same browser - although all links will clearly be marked as
external.
Downloads
Each page on this website provides information in summary
format. Where further detail is required, this is provided as a
download in PDF (portable document format) together with details of
the file size and the download time. To download PDF attachments
you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free for download
from the Adobe website - see Help with downloads for more information.
Printing webpages
When you print a page from this website it will print the
content without the surrounding graphics. This is to ensure that
you can print out information quickly and with the minimum of
printer ink. Printer settings alter depending on the browser used
to access this site and the printer used.
Using the search
Follow the link on this page for help with using the website
search.
Translation
You can request a translation of any page by using the link on
the right of each page.
For more help
Related pages
Links and attachments