Accessibility
We have designed our website to be accessible as possible, by using a range of assistive technologies.
Our aim is that it is available to everyone including those with sight, audio and motor impairment restrictions.
As far as possible, we adhere to the following guidelines:
- We use only standard web fonts so that all text is easy to read
- We include appropriate alt tags to convey information to those who cannot see the actual images
- Navigation through our website works in a consistent and intuitive way
- We do not rely solely on colour to provide information
- We avoid the use of images of text wherever possible, and provide equivalent text for links that consist of images
Access Keys
Access keys provide keyboard shortcuts to go to common and useful pages of a website or to skip past the page navigation on a webpage.
The access keys used on this website are:
- H - Homepage
- U - About Us
- I - Class Information
- M - Membership
- E - Events
- Y - Have Your Say
- F - Funding
- V - Volunteering
- S - Start-Up Scheme
- A - Accessibility
- C - Contact Us
- L - Links
Access keys typically require you to press and hold a key or keys along with the relevant access key. They work differently on different web browsers:
- Internet Explorer: Press Alt and the access key together, let go, and then press Enter
- Firefox: Press Alt + Shift + access key at the same time
- Safari: Press Ctrl + access key at the same time
- Opera: Press Shift + Esc + access key at the samel time
Other browsers have their own key combinations.
The BBC's My Web My Way website provides information on changing your computer or browser to make the web more accessible for you.
Adobe
On this website, you will find a number of documents that will require Adobe Reader to access them. You can find more information on Adobe and can download the Adobe Reader for free on their website.