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Accessibility help
Our website has been designed to provide you with an enjoyable interactive experience, as well as to be inclusive and accessible to all users, regardless of disability or technology limitations. This page highlights what we have done to make our website accessible, and explains how to use these features.
On this page you can read about:
Navigation aids
A number of features on our website make it easier for you to find what you want:
- Access keys have been set up to make it easy to jump directly to frequently used pages.
- Some pages on our website include a search box (access key "1").
- Breadcrumb trails have been used on parts of the website so that you always know where you are and can easily navigate back to the homepage or a section index page.
- Some of the pages on our website are "device independent" and can be navigated by using a keyboard, mouse or combination of the two.
Images
All graphics and images in our website have an alternative text (ALT) attribute that describes the contents or function of the image. This description will be displayed when images are turned off, on a text-only browser or as a ‘tool tip’ in certain browsers when the mouse pointer is moved over the image.
Complex images include a long description (LONGDESC) attribute and a link to a text-only description of the image.
Visual design
A number of elements have been included in the design of the website to make it easier for everyone to use:
- Our website uses relative font sizes which can be resized in your browser.
- Where colours are used we have tried to make sure there is maximum contrast between foreground and background items.
- If your browser or reading device does not support stylesheets, all content will still be readable.
Accessibility software and services
If you wish to know more about accessible websites you may find it useful to use some of the many online services available, which include:
- Bobby (external link, opens new browser window): a free service that checks your web pages for compliance with accessibility guidelines
- HTML validator (external link, opens new browser window): a free service that checks your pages conform to published HTML standards
- Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer (external link, opens new browser window): a tool for viewing your webpages without modern browser features
- JAWS (external link, opens new browser window): a time-limited demonstration version of this Windows screen reader software is available
- Lynx (external link, opens new browser window): a free text-only web browser.
Accessibility software and services
The access keys for the pages on our website are as follows:
- Home Page (H)
- View Profiles Added (B)
- Make a Donation (D)
- Show All Profiles (S)
- Search (1)
- My Account (M)
- Sign in (2)
- Sign out (3)
- Edit My Account (4)
- My Order History (5)
- Contact Us (C)
- Tell A Friend (F)
- Faqs (Q)
- Terms & Conditions (T)
- Privacy Policy (P)
- Accessability (D)
On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.