Accessibility
Your browser includes a number of ways to change the way our web pages are displayed. Here’s how to change settings using Internet Explorer.
To permanently apply font and colour changes
- On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options’
- On the General tab, select Accessibility
- Click on the three boxes to show ticks
- Click on ‘OK’
To enlarge text
On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
- On the General tab, select Accessibility
- Tick the Ignore font sizes specified on web pages check box
- Click on OK
On the browser menu select View
- Click text size
- Choose the size of text
To change text and background colour
- On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
- On the General tab, select Colour
- Deselect the Use Windows Colours tick box
- Select the box next to Text and choose a colour
- Click on OK
- ‘Select the box next to Background and choose a colour
- Click on OK
To prevent graphics and images appearing
- On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
- On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Multimedia heading
- Deselect the graphics options animations, videos, pictures and images by clicking on the boxes to remove the ticks
- Click on Apply then OK
To change the size of the window
- On the browser View menu select Full screen or press F11
To change the colour of links displayed on a screen
- On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
- On the General tab, select Accessibility
- Click on Select ignore colours specified on Web pages (should contain a tick)
- Click in OK
Other options
Other options such as removing animation are available:
- On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
- On the Advanced tab choose any of the options available to improve the visibility of the web pages.
Other web browsers
There are options to change the way pages are displayed on other browsers. Please refer to your browser’s help or information section for details. If in doubt please contact us for help.
Security
You may need to download a specific browser to use our online transactions service. This is a free download. We cannot guarantee that your online transactions will work if you do not use the recommended software.
Your transaction will take place within a secure payment system. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, a standard supported by major internet browsers. All of your personal and card details are protected by using 128 bit protection when transmitted over the Internet.
In order for a transaction to take place securely your browser must support 128 bit encryption. If your browser does not support this level of encryption, click on the appropriate link below to upgrade your browser.
Useful Downloads
PDF files: Adobe Acrobat reader
Some of the pages on this website have been created in Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Format Document) format. To view these documents you will need to download Acrobat Reader. You can get this from Adobe’s website.
PDF files cannot easily be read by access technology. Adobe have a website which provides tools to help make PDF files more accessible to the visually disabled. These tools convert Adobe PDF documents into HTML or ASCII text which can then be read by a number of common screen reading programs that synthesize text as audible speech. The address for this site is http://access.adobe.com.
Microsoft Word files: Word viewer
Some documents on this website are provided in Microsoft Word (or DOC) format. If you do not have a word processor that can read these documents, you can download and install Word Viewer from the Microsoft website.
Excel spreadsheets: Excel viewer
Some of the pages on this website have been created in Microsoft Excel format. If you do not have a spreadsheet programme that can open these documents, you can download the Excel Viewer.