Accessibility

Our aims

This website has been created to be as accessible as possible for a wide audience, regardless of ability. Our commitment to accessibility includes:

  • Working to ensure this site complies with accessibility standards in content, design and coding. These standards include the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and the Disability Discrimination Act.
  • Working with real users with different needs to ensure that any problems are identified and solutions developed.
  • Ensuring any rich media is also presented in an accessible way.

We aim to achieve and maintain levels of accessibility that conform to the Double-A standard, but in reality it is very hard for a large website with a number of authors to maintain complete compliance.

The site is developed using valid HTML and CSS. Our site content is separated from presentational elements, which makes it available to any visitors that use technologies such as a screen reader or text only browser.

A guide to accessibility

Abilitynet has developed the following guide to make your device easier to use:

https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/ 

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