Accessibility statement

Our commitment to website accessibility

We are committed to making our website as accessible as possible. We want everyone to be able to use it, no matter what their impairments are and what devices they use.

Web accessibility best practice guidelines have been taken into consideration in the creation of this site, including WCAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.1.

Adapting the website to your needs

To give you a better experience of our website you can change the settings on your computer to suit your individual needs. For example, you might change the website’s colours, the document background, increase the text size, or use a screen reader to have the site spoken aloud.

If you need help to customise your experience either using features already on your computer or by installing extra assistive technologies, visit:

AbilityNet's My Computer, My way
The Web Accessibility Initiative’s Better Web Browsing: Tips for Customising your Computer

Known problems with our website’s accessibility

We know that there are some accessibility problems, and we are aiming to fix them as soon as we can.

Some websites we link to may not have been tested for their accessibility.
Some of our PDF or other download documents may not work correctly with screen readers.
Some of our videos do not have audio-description/subtitles.
Some of our images may not have appropriate alt text descriptions.
Some of our web pages may not be marked up correctly so may not work correctly with screen readers.

All constructive feedback about the accessibility or usability of our website is welcome and we promise to consider it carefully.

(Updated in April 2023)