Accessibility

Making the web more accessible for all users

The visit sites for Hammersmith, Fulham and Shepherd's Bush are committed to making all their web sites as accessible as possible to all. This includes users who are visually impaired or have difficulties using a mouse. 

Our site is compatible with most screen reading software and can be navigated using just the keyboard.

The left hand navigation is written in a simple language, it is designed to help all users find information within three mouse clicks. 

The design of the site includes web safe colours and accessible fonts.

Viewing our site

Our site has been designed and tested in a variety of browsers. It's been comprehensively tested with Netscape 6 and upwards, Internet Explorer 5 and upwards, Opera 5 and upwards, and Mozilla 1.3 and upwards.

Text size

You can adjust your browser's settings:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Go to the View menu, select Text Size and then either Larger or Largest. 
Netscape Navigator
Go to the View menu and choose Increase Font until the text is the size you require.
Changing colours
Changing the site's background colour can be particularly useful for users who rely on magnification technology as white can produce an uncomfortable glare. It is also possible to change the colour of body text on the site. Both can be achieved by changing preferences in your browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Go to the Tools menu, select Internet Options, select Colours and make changes to text and background colours in the Colours panel. 
Netscape Navigator, 
Go to the Edit menu, select Preferences, open the Appearance menu and select Colours. You can set the colour of text and background from here.
ALT Tags or ALT text

We have ensured that all images used in our site are given appropriate alternative text descriptions ('ALT texts'), as required by internationally recognised web accessibility guidelines, which can be found at  http://www.w3.org/WAI. 

Any graphical navigation buttons we have used are similarly ALT-tagged.

Downloadable Documents

This site uses PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file format for the publication of large and complex documents. Please note that Adobe Acrobat documents can be converted back to plain text using Adobe's Web-based conversion service at  
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
To view and print PDF files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed: click the link below to download the software
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Contact us
We are working to improve the accessibility features of this site and welcome your suggestions and comments. 
If you encounter any accessibility or technical problems when using this site, please e-mail the webmaster@lbhf.gov.uk.