Web Accessibility Statement

The NWeH website follows guidelines on accessibility set out by the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium). The W3C WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) produces accessibility guidelines (WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0) that are an internationally recognised benchmark of accessibility.

In designing this website, we have applied all appropriate WAI Priority 1 and Priority 2 criteria of the WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0). Our aim is to achieve WAI Level A (Single A) compliance. There are a number of features we provide to enhance accessibility:

Changing Text Size

We have provided the ability to enlarge text size, you can change your text size using your browser: For Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, select Text size from the View menu or hold the Control key and use the scroll wheel on your mouse. If you are using another browser, please refer to your browser help to learn how to resize text.

Access Keys

Access keys are essentially keyboard shortcuts on a website that give a keyboard or screen-reader user quick and easy access to all the main areas of the site.

If you are using Windows and Internet Explorer pressing the ' Alt ' key in combination with the access key will highlight that link on the page, you then press ' Enter ' to select that link. If using Firefox, press ' Shift + Alt '.

If you are using a Mac pressing the ' Ctrl ' key in combination with the access key will automatically send you to that specific page.

The site has accesskeys for all of the menu links on the site. The top menu is the first to use these accesskeys and starts at 0 going left to right.

The left hand navigation menu follows on from this and starts off where the top menu left off. All sub-menus have the same accesskey as their parent to make navigation easier.

All Access Keys are shown on this page for easier understanding.

Use of PDF Format

The site makes use of Portable Document Format (PDF). Certain documents (such as forms and certain reports) on this site are available in PDF format, which requires you to download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software. We have, wherever possible, provided a non-PDF alternative where there is a PDF document.

Our Commitment to Accessibility

We are committed to making our website accessible to all people, regardless of ability. If you feel that this website could be easier to use, or you have difficulty accessing any information or find that any part of the site is not accessible, please email us.