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This website has been designed to meet the needs of members with disabilities and to improve usability for all users. Feedback and suggestions to improve the accessibility of our website are encouraged and especially welcome (ALT / CONTROL + F + ENTER).

Using our website without a mouse

• Shortcut Keys
  
  There are shortcut keys that will take you to webpages throughout this website. To use these shortcut keys hold down the ALT key (PC) or CONTROL key (Apple Macintosh) and then one of the keys specified in the site map. In some browsers you may have to press ENTER or RETURN to confirm your choice. To view the table of shortcut keys, visit our site map (ALT / CONTROL + M + ENTER).
  
  
  

  Access Key	Function
  A	Accessibility
  C	Events Calendar
  F	Feedback
  H	Home
  L	Members Login
  M	Site Map
  S	Search




• Breadcrumb Menu
  
  The breadcrumb menu displays the current page's context within the site structure across the top of each webpage above the webpage title. The term "breadcrumb" is a metaphor from "Hansel and Gretel" who leave a trail of crumbs in order to find their way back out of the forest. Each of the menu groupings becomes a 'crumb' separated by an arrow and has a tabindex. This means you can move from the first 'crumb' to the next by hitting the TAB key on your keyboard and hit ENTER to go to the webpage.

• Operating systems: OSX and Windows XP



• Browsers: Konqueror 3+, Opera 6+, Netscape 6+, Internet Explorer 6+, and Firefox (preferred).



• Screen resolution: monitor set at no less than 800 x 600 screen resolution, (1024 x 768 or larger preferred)

• Browser Upgrade
  
  If you are using an older browser you should upgrade. Newer browsers include more accessibility and usability features. These upgrades are free. Information on upgrading is available from www.browsers.com. This site provides useful upgrade information on Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and other browsers. The information includes items such as version, release date, file size, system requirements and download time.



• Customise your browser
  
  You can control how a web browser displays information. This includes changing the font type and size, foreground and background colours, the colour of hyperlinks and using keyboard shortcuts.
  
  For more information on how to customise your Internet Explorer browser look up 'Internet options' in the Help index in Internet Explorer's Help menu. If you are using Netscape Navigator look up 'Preferences' in the Help index. If you are on another browser look up something similar in the Help index.



• Changing the size of text on our website
  
  Most navigation elements are plain text and accessible via special access keys. Where necessary, we have also provided text alternatives to graphics on the site. Those with poor sight may be able to increase the size of the text on screen by the following measures.
  
  
  

  Browser	Instructions
  Internet Explorer	Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text Size', and then your chosen size (or if you have a mouse wheel simply hold down CTRL and roll the mouse wheel to alter the text size.
  Netscape 6, Mozilla, Firefox	Hold down CTRL and press + or - to alter the text size.
  Netscape 4	Hold down CTRL and press [ or ] to alter the text size.