Accessibilty

We recognise the importance of providing a website that is accessible by all users. Therefore we have made every effort to ensure that our site can be easily used by people with disabilities. We have followed the principles laid down by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA).

Our guidelines

• designing the site for an 800x600 view so horizontal scrolling is not required, even for users with small screens
• using meaningful ALT text for all images to provide descriptive text
• using descriptive hyperlink text
• avoiding the use of frames, which are difficult for special browsers to interpret
• using stylesheets (cascading style sheets) for all visual layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the use of structured semantic mark up ensures that the content of each page is still readable and clearly structured
• using an easy-to-see web colour scheme
• using an easier to read non-serif font type, size and colour.

Tips for using our site

The text is too small for me to read – how can I change it?

If you are using a PC, then follow these simple instructions:

• Netscape Navigator: Go to View in your browser and select Increase font from the drop down menu.
• Internet Explorer: Go to View in your browser and then click Text size and select the size you require from the drop down list.

If you are using a Apple Mac, the follow these simple instructions:

• Netscape v4: Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences, then Appearances, then Fonts. Here you can use the drop down menus to set your font size.
• Internet Explorer and Netscape v.7: Go to the View menu and select Text Zoom (or Text size). You can increase or decrease your font size by clicking on larger and smaller or by using the percentage range given.

If I find a mouse difficult to use how can I get around www.bfsa.org.uk?

You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard which will help you with scrolling up and down a page. You can also jump from the top to the bottom of the pages using the page up and page down buttons. You can navigate your way around to selected areas of our site using your keyboard.

What if I don’t have Adobe Reader to read pdfs?

If you do not have access to Adobe Reader you can download it from the Adobe website.