About Sitekit

Aids to using this website

This website has been designed to be accessible to all users and is compliant to web standards set by the W3C. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Key accessibility features of this website are described below:

Menu systems

The menu systems of this site are designed to be highly accessible and utilise clean structural code that provides context-sensitive navigation around the website. Each navigation area has a specific purpose and reflects a level of the website’s hierarchy. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Access keys

The first navigation area on this site contains access keys which you can use to navigate the site. To find these access keys simply hover over the respective links in the first menu system, or check the link titles using assistive technology. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Site map

This site has a fully automated hierarchical sitemap which you can find linked to in the header of all pages. The site map is designed to communicate the hierarchical structure of the website and provide quick access to all pages. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Search

The search facility of this website provides an alternative route to finding information across the whole site. This searches all live content. The search results pages are designed to work well on normal browsers and assistive technology – with additional information about each page (type of page, date last updated, and so forth) being available in the code of the results page. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Breadcrumb trail

The breadcrumb trail on this website is designed to assist with orientation and navigation. You should use this to help find your way within the site, and may use it to navigate back to relevant higher-level pages once you are deeper within the site. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Font scaling

The initial font sizes of this site are designed to be clear and readably for a wide audience whilst making efficient use of available screen space. The fonts are scalable and you can use your browser controls to increase or decrease the font size. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Text only link

You should find a text only link in the header of all pages. This allows you to view a high contrast and low-bandwidth version of the website where the code has been re-arranged and optimised for assistive technology. Within text-only mode, you can change your preferred colours and font-sizes to suit your reading preferences. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Prominent contact information

Sitekit has provided prominent contact information on this site in order to make ourselves available to answer any questions.  If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Steps taken to ensure our site is accessible

Design

In designing this website, Sitekit has made accessibility a clear requirement from the outset, and Sitekit has taken guidance where appropriate on ensuring our design facilitates an accessible website. If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Technology

This website is built using Sitekit CMS, our own in-house developed content management system.

Sitekit CMS provides the technical framework which underpins all of the information published on this site, and as such, built-in accessibility is important.

Sitekit has used Sitekit CMS in a fashion which does not undermine its intrinsically accessible technical foundation; Sitekit has used pre-tested and compliant modules within the system wherever possible.

If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.

Build

The site has been built using industry-recognised best-practice techniques, and state-of-the-art build methods. Sitekit’s team has the necessary experience and expertise to build and develop a site that meets high levels of accessibility standards and compliance.

This website has been thoroughly quality tested using a checklist which incorporates modern best-practice and current international technical guidelines on accessibility (under the Web Accessibility Initiative, of the World Wide Web Consortium).

The templates for this website have undergone machine accessibility testing as well as real-life human accessibility testing, in order to assist with the development of an accessible and fully compliant site.

If you have any difficulty accessing content or features on this website, please contact us: e-mail support@sitekit.net, or telephone 0845 2990900.