Accessibility 

While we make every attempt to ensure you get the most out of this website, you may find you can improve your browsing experience by altering particular browser settings. Below, we show how to change the settings for common web-browsers. 
 
When in doubt, check your browsers built-in documentation. 

Internet Explorer (IE) 

Change font sizes in IE 

IE7: From the Page menu, choose the Text size option 
IE6 and below: From the View menu, choose the Text size option 

Change colour and font settings in IE 

From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options 
Select the Accessibility... button (bottom right) 
By checking the desired checkboxes, you can force the browser to ignore the colours, font styles and font sizes 

Disable images in IE 

From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options 
Select the Advanced tab (top right) 
Scroll down to the Multimedia section 
Untick the checkbox labelled Show pictures 

Mozilla Firefox 

Change font sizes in Firefox 

From the View menu, choose the Text Size option 

Change colour and font settings in Firefox 

On OSX: With Firefox in focus, select the Firefox menu, followed by Preferences 
On other platforms: From the Tools menu, choose Options 
Select the Content tab. To select fonts: 
Within the Fonts & Colors section, select the default font and size from the drop-down menus 
Clicking the Advanced... will display a new dialog. To enforce your previous font selection, untick the checkbox Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above 
To select colours: 
Within the Fonts & Colors section, click the Colors... button 
The dialog that appears allows you to select a colour palette that best suits you 
To enforce your colour selection, untick the checkbox Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above 

Disable images in Firefox 

On OSX: With Firefox in focus, select the Firefox menu, followed by Preferences 
On other platforms: From the Tools menu, choose Options 
Select the Content tab 
Untick the checkbox labelled Load images automatically 

Further help 

If your browser isn't covered here, or you would like more in-depth information, visit My Web my Way, an online guide that explains the various accessibility features provided by your web browser. 

Features of our website 

Descriptive link text 

When the author of a site uses descriptive link text, all links on the page will make sense even when read out of context. For users of assistive technology (e.g. Screen-readers) this can allow them to quickly jump through pages of text to find relevant links. 

Meaningful ALT attribute on images 

Most images on this site contain additional 'alternate' text that is stored with the image. This allows users who otherwise wouldn't be able to see the image access to the stored information. Although this can help users of assistive technology (e.g. Screen-readers), this also applies to visitors who disable images because of a slow internet connection. 
 
Any image that is considered purely decorative will have a blank alternate text (e.g. alt=""). This reduces the amount of unnecessary content on the page. 

Looking for the accessibility of our locations? 

We use locations across North Yorkshire for our digital inclusion support and digital making activities. Where possible, we provide a link to an accessibilty guide on their page via our website. To find out more, visit the relevant page for the location you are visiting.