Accessibility Statement

This page details the accessibility features we have included throughout the site, and what to do if your have any problems using the site.

Accessibility Options page

You can change this site to meet your needs by following the link marked Accessibility Options. You can change text size, change the site's colour scheme, switch to a 'zoom' layout for screen magnifiers, and choose whether to use Access Keys or not.

Changing Text Size

This site has been designed to allow you to control font sizes using your web browser.

To change font size in Internet Explorer

Select View > Text size followed by your preferred size. The default setting is 'Medium'.

To change font size in Firefox

Select View > Text size followed by 'Increase' or 'Decrease'. To go back to the default setting, select 'Normal'.

To change font size in Safari

Select View followed by 'Make Text Bigger' or 'Make Text Smaller'.

To change font size in Opera

Opera doesn't have a text-size feature. However, you can enlarge parts of the page using its 'zoom' feature: select View > Zoom followed by your preferred zoom size. If you use this facility you may find changing to the 'zoom' style using our Accessibility Options page makes this site easier to view.

Access keys

Access keys can allow you to navigate pages of this site using your keyboard. By default, this feature is turned off on this site because access keys can cause problems for some browsers. If you would like to use access keys to get around our site, you will need to turn this feature on using our Accessibility Options page.

Once you have turned this feature on, you can navigate using the >UK Government's standard access keys:

Access key + 0: Accessibility Options
Access key + 1: The Lorrimore home page
Access key + 3: Site map
Access key + 4: Search
Access key + 7: Privacy policy
Access key + 9: How to contact us
Access key + S: Skip past navigation to main page content

How to use Access Keys

Internet Explorer: Hold down the ALT key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys and press ENTER.
Firefox: Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Safari: Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Opera: Hold down the Shift key and press Esc. Then release them and press the number or letter of the access key.

Other Navigation features

Properly ordered Headings

Headings are used to divide pages up into different sections. Users of screen readers such as JAWS can navigate through the content of a page using headings.

Skip to site navigation

At the top of each page is a link to Skip to site navigation. If you are using a screen reader, following this link will allow you to jump to the main menu of links for the site.

Links for visitors using Opera

Visitors using Opera or some other browsers should see links to certain main pages of our site in their browser's navigation bar.

Other accessibility features

All pages feature a search box.
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail.
Whenever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Many browsers (such as JAWS and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page to allow them to be browsed separately.
There are no links that open new windows without warning.
All content images include alternative text descriptions which can be understood by assistive technologies. Purely decorative images are not given a description.

Standards Compliance

The Lorrimore is committed to making this web site as accessible as possible. We aim to meet the Priority A, AA and selected AAA guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Our site has been tested using both automated tools and manual testing to identify and fix any potential accessibility problems.

If you have any problems accessing or using this site

With a site of this size, we may not get everything right and may miss some accessibility problems. If you have any problems accessing or using this site, please do let us know; we will try to address any access issues promptly.

You can contact us with questions or comments by telephone on 020 7701 7798 or send us an email.

Alternatively, you can contact the web design company who developed this site with your comments.

Last updated 13th June 2006