Accessibility Statement
This site employs many features to make information more accessible:
- All images have text alternates (ALT attributes)
- Pages are organised to be fully functional, even with javascript turned off
- All text can be enlarged or reduced using text size options as below
- The site can be navigated without using a mouse
- All pages use flexible page formats so they can be automatically resized to suit different window sizes and screen resolutions
- Page formatting is done with CSS not tables to ensure that the semantic structure of the information is preserved
- All pages are designed with separate cascading style sheets, so they can be replaced by user-defined style sheets
- This site follows World Wide Web accessibility guidelines
Using the site without a mouse
By using the correct combination of 'control' and shortcut keys the Compton Hospice site can be navigated without using a mouse.
The procedure for using shortcut, or 'Access' keys varies depending on which web browser you use to view the site and some browsers do not even support them. The following table shows the different AccessKey combinations for Windows and Mac systems:
| Operating System | AccessKey Combination |
|---|---|
| PC Windows | ALT + AccessKey |
| MAC OS X | CONTROL + AccessKey |
Internet Explorer users may also need to hit the “enter” key to activate a link.
The following shortcut keys will take you to commonly used pages such as the home page:
| AccessKey | Function |
|---|---|
| 0 | Navigate to Accessibility Statement page. |
| a | Navigate to About page. |
| r | Navigate to Services page. |
| v | Navigate to Volunteers page. |
| f | Navigate to Fundraising page. |
| l | Navigate to Lottery page. |
| o | Navigate to Shops page. |
| n | Navigate to News page. |
| e | Navigate to Education page. |
| q | Focus on search field. |
| h | Navigate to Home page. |
| s | Skip to content. |
Use of text on this site
Most navigation elements are plain text and we have provided text alternatives to graphics on the site.
Those with sight problems may be able to increase the size of the text on screen. The procedure for doing so differs from one browser to the next. In general, looking under the 'View' selection on the main menu, you should find an option called 'Text Zoom' or 'Text Magnification' or 'Text Size' or 'Font Size'. From that point it should be relatively simple to find and select an additional sub menu option that adjusts text size to your needs.
