Accessibility

Introduction

As Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation,  we have committed to providing a website that is accessible and easy to use for the widest range of people possible, regardless of disability or impairment. We believe that delivering accessibility is an ongoing process and are constantly seeking to improve in this area.

The site has been designed to adhere to best practice by following W3C standards. We have built pages to comply with a minimum standard of WCAG 2.0 single ‘A’ guidelines. If possible we aim to extend this to ‘AA’ and ‘AAA’ compliance.

In creating our website we have addressed accessibility needs in the following ways:

Layout

The site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This CSS controls all presentation and layout so that content is well structured and easily accessible via assistive devices.

Fonts

Users can increase or decrease text size in their browser by following these steps:

Google Chrome:

• Click the ‘Customise and Control’ spanner symbol in the top right hand corner (Alt + E).
• Select ‘Settings’ (‘Preferences’ on Mac and Linux)
• Click on ‘Under the Bonnet’ and customise your fonts and font size in the ‘Web Content’ section

Microsoft Internet Explorer:

• Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window of the browser marked “view”
• A list of options will appear in the drop down menu, choose “text size”
• Next another drop down menu should appear with options including “small”, “medium”, “large”, “largest”
• Select “largest”.

Mozilla Firefox

• Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key
• You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
• Keep repeating until the text enlarges to your requirements If you need to make the text smaller press Ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( – ) key

Apple Safari:

• Hold down the Apple Key and press the (+) key
• You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
• Keep repeating until the text enlarges to your requirements
• If you need to make the text smaller press the Apple Key on your keyboard and press the (-) key

Images

All images used for non aesthetic reasons have descriptive alternative text.

Content

We have written and formatted content across the site to make it as accessible as possible. This includes:

• The use of semantic headings which are descriptive and used to highlight sections of text
• Clear and easy to understand language
• Meaningful text used for all links

Colour contrast

Wherever possible we have designed pages and chosen colours to be accessible to colour-blind users. On areas with limited contrast, we are working towards a solution by reviewing the colours used.

Navigation aids

A sitemap can assist with navigation. All pages across the site also include a link to the homepage, and have a consistent global navigation.

Document downloads

There are a number of PDF documents available for download across the site. You can find out more about how to configure the free Adobe Reader software to obtain greater access to PDF files by visiting the Adobe site.

Access keys

In order to avoid any conflict with personal access keys you may have set up on your computer, we have chosen not to install bespoke access keys on this site. Efforts have been made to ensure the site is as easy to navigate as possible.

Feedback

We are continuously looking to make improvements to our site’s accessibility and welcome any suggestions or feedback. If you are using adaptive technology and are having problems accessing information on the site, please email communications@gsttfoundation.org.uk with details of the problem you encountered and the technology you are using.