Accessibility
Accessibility statement
We want our website content to be accessible to the widest range of visitors, regardless of ability or disability.
We recognise that there are many different ways people access information on the web and we try to allow for the many personal preferences which provide ease of use for individual visitors to the site.
As browser technology is forever evolving, there may be times when very new or old versions of web browsers cause the website to display incorrectly.
We follow best practice and endeavour to conform to standards such as W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
If you experience problems with any part of our website please let us know.
Standards and compliance
The pages on this website were built in 2011 to comply with a minimum standard of WCAG AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), complying with priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
All pages use structured semantic markup.
Navigation aids
All pages include links to the home page, and a standard top and footer menu bar. The sitemap provides users with an overview of the main areas and subject matter of our website. Users can navigate around our website using access keys.
Access keys
Access keys let you navigate around a website without using a mouse. Our site uses the following access keys:
1 – Home
2 – About us
3 – News
4 – Our funding
5 – Apply for funding
6 – Projects funded
7 – FAQs
8 – Privacy statement
9 – Contact us
0 – Accessibility
Access keys for different internet browsers
How you use a website’s access keys depends on the internet browser you are using.
Internet Explorer
- On Windows: hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key, then press ENTER
Chrome
- On Windows: hold down the ALT + access key
- On Mac: hold down the ALT + CTRL + access key
Firefox
- On Windows: hold down the SHIFT + ALT + access key
- On Mac: hold down the CTRL + access key
Safari
- On Windows: hold down the ALT + access key
- On Mac: hold down the CTRL + ALT + access key
Visual design
This site uses cascading style sheets (CSS) for visual layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
Images
Where possible images carry a text equivalent or ALT-text (alternative text descriptions).
Links
Links are written to make sense when read out of context.
Adobe PDF documents
All downloadable documents are provided in PDF format. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them; this is free to download from the Adobe website.
Further information
For more information about customising your computer for accessibility visit the AbilityNet website.
