Accessibility

We aim to have this site easily viewable and accessible to everyone, regardless of technology (browser or computer equipment), or ability. We are continually making improvements to the accessibility and usability of this website, based on available standards and guidelines, as well as feedback from our residents and website visitors.

Web accessibility standards

This website endeavours to conform to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. Furthermore, it also complies in most respects with the Priority 3, or Triple-A, checkpoints.

In the coding of the site, we strive to adhere to valid XHTML and CSS, so that the site displays correctly in current browsers, and any future browsers will also display it correctly.

Due to the dynamic nature of this website, with content being updated and added daily, it is not always possible to guarantee that all areas of the website are at the same level of overall accessibility. We use standard templates and style guidelines in order to strive to the highest possible accessibility. In addition, the overall site accessibility is reviewed regularly.

Should you experience any difficulty in accessing this website, please do not hesitate to email us.

File attachments

Non-HTML files downloadable from this site – such as Adobe PDF files – may present accessibility problems. Download the free Adobe PDF Reader so that you can access PDF downloads on this website and others.

Browser compliance

This site has been specifically tested with the following browsers:

On a PC

  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Internet Explorer 8
  • Firefox 3.5
  • Opera 6.6
  • Lynx text-only browser.

On a Macintosh

  • Safari 3.1.2 on Macintosh
  • Firefox 3.0.3 on Macintosh

Mobile devices

The site has been tested with selected mobile devices, including mobile phones and iPod touch.

Specific accessibility features

Text size

The text sizes on this site are changeable simply by clicking on the text size indicators, the 'A' buttons, found on each webpage above the top navigation headings. Alternatively, you can use the browser’s controls to change the text size as follows:

In Internet Explorer 6, and Internet Explorer 8, select
View – Text size - Largest/Larger/Medium/Smaller/Smallest

In Internet Explorer 7, select
Page – Text size - Largest/Larger/Medium/Smaller/Smallest

In Firefox
<Ctrl><+>increases the font size and <Ctrl><-> decreases it


Colour schemes and contrast

We have aimed to provide a reasonable contrast throughout the site so that it is usable by anyone with a colour vision deficiency. Information is always conveyed by text or markers in addition to colour. In addition, a high contrast version of the website can be viewed by clicking on the contrast icon (the white-on-black 'A' button, found on each webpage alongside the text resizing buttons).

Access keys

Due to the browser implementation, access keys can conflict with the user’s existing controls. Therefore we do not provide access keys.