The AAA characters

Clicking the characters on the top of any page to change text size.

It will make all the text on the site bigger or smaller.  It will remember this on all the pages, and it will remember the size next time you visit our site.

Click the middle A to return to standard size.

 

Changing colour

Sometimes it is easier to read text in different colours, and on a different coloured background.  Clicking on one of the colour combinations above will change the text and background colours on all our pages.  It will remember the setting next time you visit us.

You can return to black on white at any time by clicking on Black on White above.

(*If the colour-changing options do not appear above, it is because your browser is not able to change colours. Some older browsers are not able to do this.) 

 

General Browser Settings

Modern Web Browsers and systems will let you change text size for all web sites like this:

• In Internet Explorer, you can change text size for all sites you look at by changing the Menu setting - View | Text Size | Larger, Medium, Smaller...
• In Firefox, the settings are - View | Zoom | Zoom In, Zoom Out
• If you have a scrolling mouse, you can hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel.

There is a lot more you can do if you have specific visual or motor impairments.  We don't have room here to cover them all.  Here are a couple of sites with useful information:

BBC My Web My Way - Explains how to set up your computer or install software so you can: see sites better, have them read aloud to you, get help using the keyboard and mouse.  Covers various Operating Systems and a lot of useful software you might like to use.

AbilityNet - A UK Charity helping users adapt and modify their technology to make it easier to use.  Includes advice on different keyboards and mice.  Particularly good for users with motor impairments.

 

Our Web Site Accessibility Policy and Disability Discrimination Act Compliance

We are committed to providing an accessible website that is easy for you to access or navigate around regardless of your level of ability/disability or the technology you are using.

Our site has been built to comply with the relevant html and CSS standards.

Our aim is compliance with Priority 2, level "AA" under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - the international standard for accessible websites and content. 

We offer the following specific accessibility features:

• The use of plain English
• Resizable text 
• Text and Background colour options 
• Keyboard shortcuts using tabindex (see below)
• Descriptive tag attributes on all images 
• Printing with reduced styling
• All our CSS settings can be overridden by user-provided styling

 

Adobe Acrobat PDF Format 

Some of the reference documents on this site are in Adobe Acrobat format. If this causes you difficulty, please contact us for alternative formats. 

 

Tabindex

All pages have the same layout.  Their top and left menu structures flow in normal tabindex order, thus:

• Home Page (top-left logo click)
• Accessibility Help Page
• Top Menu
• Left Menu
• Page Content
• email address
• Footer: Home, Sitemap, Contact Page

Where a page contains a form, tabindex starts at the first field of the form and flows through form elements before anything else on the page. The order is designed to be the natural flow though a form: i.e. Name, Address, Subject, Message etc. Appropriate labels are associated with form controls.

If there has been a form on a page, tabindex continues after the form with the first item on that page (the Home Page link on the C-Change logo) and flows through the rest of the page as normal. 

Let us know what you think 

We've tried very hard to make our website as easy to use as possible.

You can:

Leave us feedback on our Contact Form.

Or contact us directly using the details below. We are always happy to receive your comments and welcome any suggestions for improvements.