Accessibility

Accessibility statement

Our accessibility policy is to ensure this website meets recognised international standards for accessibility.

We are fully committed to ensuring this website meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) to AA standard to make sure people with disabilities are not excluded from accessing information and services.

Increasing the page size

You can increase the screen magnification in the browser settings up to 200%.

• Internet Explorer – click the ‘settings’ icon in the top right hand corner of the browser. Scroll to zoom and change your preference.
• Firefox – choose the drop down menu at the top of the window of the browser marked ‘View’. A list of options will appear in the drop down menu – choose ‘zoom’ and then ‘zoom in’.
• Chrome – click on the three vertical dots in the top right hand corner of the browser. Scroll to zoom and change your preference.

Screen magnification software

If you change the settings and find that this does not magnify the text enough to be useful, then it is worth investigating screen magnification software.

Screen magnification can magnify up to 64 times. Prices vary depending on features, such as whether speech support is built into the program. Some of the more popular products include Lunar, MAGic and Zoomtext.

External websites

All links to external websites will launch in a new browser window. This is represented by the external link icon following the link text. For example: LiveWell Dorset

Known accessibility issues

Google Maps – This is a third party plugin tool that is not accessible
Tableau – This is a third party plugin tool that is not accessible

Information in other formats

Links to resources may require you to have a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, please use the following links:

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view PDF files

Adobe® Reader® X is free software that improves accessibility of PDF documents

Microsoft Viewer is free software to view Word, Excel or PowerPoint files

Information can be made available in other formats, such as audio tape and braille. Please contact us for more information.