Accessibility statement
The Snowdon Awards Scheme feels strongly about the accessibility of our website. We seek to meet the Priority A, AA, and selected AAA guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Our website is tested on a regular basis using a combination of automated tools to identify potential problem areas, and manual testing to ensure we meet the spirit as well as the letter of the W3C's accessibility guidelines.
Unfortunately we won't always get it right. With many pages of content we are bound to miss some problems, but we are committed to addressing any access issues as quickly as possible.
That’s where we would like your help. If you experience any difficulties in accessing our website, or have trouble using any aspect of the website, we'd like you to let us know. Please visit the Contact us section to tell us more about your experience.
We have designed our website to include the following accessibility features:
- Accessibility page
- Alternative text
- Readable and resizable fonts and layout
- Minimising the use of images
- Access keys
Access options
Alternative text
Images on our website have alternative text attributes, often known as alt text. This means that when an image is used on a web page to convey information, its content is also described in the alt text. Therefore the image can be understood by text browsers and assistive technologies such as screen readers. If an image is used for simply decorative purposes, the text attribute for the image is left empty in line with accepted best practice.
Readable and resizable fonts and layout
The Snowdon Awards Scheme website uses font sizes that you can control using your web browser.
You can change the text size in Microsoft Internet Explorer by selecting View > Text size followed by your preferred text size from 'Smallest' to 'Largest'. The default setting is 'Medium'.
You can change the text size in Mozilla Firefox by selecting View > Text size followed by 'Increase' or 'Decrease'. To return the text size to its default setting, select 'Normal'.
The website's fonts have been chosen for their legibility on computer screens. The website's layout has been designed to stretch to fill the width of the browser, so that you can resize the browser to suit your own viewing preferences.
Minimising the use of images
Wherever possible, live text is used rather than graphics to reduce page download time and to increase your control over text size.
Access keys
Access keys are a useful navigation device enabling you to get around our website using your keyboard. They can be used to jump to different sections of content across the site. Have a look at the access options for this website below.
- a = apply online
- d = donate online
- s = small text
- m = medium text
- l = large text
- 1 = home
- 2 = grants
- 3 = how you can help
- 4 = news atricles
- 5 = About us
- 6 = Information & Advice
- 7 = Contact us
- 8 = Site map
- 9 = Accessibility
- 0 = Terms of use
Change the text size
Our website has a default text size of around 11 pt (based on an Internet Explorer text setting of medium).
Use the icons below to make the text larger or smaller:
Small text
Medium text
Large text