Digital Accessibility

 Accessibility

We have tried to make this website easy to use for all, but should you have any problems, please let us know and we will address your issues as soon as we can.

Text Size

To make text bigger: hold down the CONTROL key on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key repeatedly until you are happy with the size of the text on the screen or use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

To make text smaller: hold down the CONTROL key and press the minus (-) key repeatedly until you are happy with the size of the text on the screen or use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

For mobile devices: place your thumb and finger close together on the website content and move them further apart in order to make text bigger. Alternatively, move your finger and thumb closer together to make content smaller.

Screen readers

This website can be read using Browse Aloud and other screen readers such as JAWS.

Accessing PDFs

Many documents on this website are provided as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. Adobe Reader is required to read these - this is free software which can be downloaded from Adobe's website.

In most cases, the file size is shown immediately after the link to give an indication of how long the document will take to download.

Current versions of Adobe Reader have a built-in text to speech function which enables PDF documents to be read aloud. Visit the Adobe website for more details.

If you have trouble reading the PDFs on this website, you can use a tool such as DocsPal to convert the PDF to a more accessible file format.

My Web My Way

For more information on changing the settings on your computer, browser, keyboard or mouse to make the web more accessible for you, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility .

Translation

You can view our website in languages other than English using the automated free translation service provided by Google. To do this, please use the dropdown menu at the top of the page to choose the language you would like to translate the website into. Please note that as this is an automated service it may produce some unreliable translations. If you would like a full translation of any of the information on our website, please contact us. 

Feedback and comments

If you have any queries or comments about this website, please contact us.