Promoting Inclusion Realising Potential
Equals Training is committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to the widest possible range of people. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you have difficulty using any part of it, please contact us.
This help page is designed to give you information that is specific to accessing the Equals Training website and is not an exhaustive reference guide to the subject of accessibility. There is a great deal more help and information available as well as assistive technologies.
More information can be found on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/
About accessibility
To be accessible this website must be as easy to use and understand for as many visitors as possible. This website aims to conform to the UK government guidelines for websites. It also follows the Worldwide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, meeting all level A checkpoints
Browsers
This website has been designed to support as wide a variety of browser and operating system combinations as possible and has been tested with Internet Explorer 7 and above, Chrome 2.0, Safari 3.1 and Firefox 3.0 and 3.5. We would recommend upgrading your browser as far as your computer allows. Later versions of browsers often have higher levels of security and better functions and are more likely to work with assistive technologies such as screen readers. Most browser suppliers will allow you to upgrade for free. Visit the browser's website to find out about the latest versions and to download them.
The browsers listed above can be downloaded on the following Links
Changing text size and colour
You can change the font size and colour in your web browser. This may be useful for you if you have low vision, and need larger fonts or high contrast colours.
Text size
The font size can be changed via your web browser preferences, or by clicking on the Text size icons in the header area of this website.
Contrast
You can change to the high contrast viewing option of this website by clicking on the contrast selector in the header area.
Keyboard navigation
You can use your keyboard to navigate through this site. Use your arrow keys to scroll up or down the page. You can use your Tab key to move between links, and press Return or Enter to select one. To go back to the previous page, use the Backspace key.
If you are using a Mac, you can move between links by holding down the ALT key and pressing the Tab key.
Access keys
We have set up some keyboard shortcuts as an alternative to navigating with the mouse:
- 1 - Home page
- 2 - What We Do
- 3 - The Equals Approach
- 4 - Our Work in Action
- 5 - Mental Health Stigma, Its Time To Change
- 6 - Personalisation
- 7 - Who We Are
- 8 - How We Score
- 9 - Why You Need Us
- O - Affiliated Links
- P - Get In Touch
- A - Accessability Help
- M- Site Map
- S- Skip To Content
Unfortunately, different browsers use access keys in different ways. In general you need to hold down a key or two, and then press the access key you want.
How to use Access Keys in your Browser
| Browser | Key sequence |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 5+ (PC) | Hold down the ALT key, the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER |
| Internet Explorer 4 (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and number of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and number of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac) | Access keys not supported |
| Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac) | Access keys not supported |
| Netscape 7 (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and number of the access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and number of the access key or Hold down the ALT key, Shift key and number of the access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and number of the access key |
| Safari and Omniweb (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and number of the access key |
| Opera | Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey |
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