At the Peter Le Marchant Trust, we’re committed to ensuring our website - www.plmt.org.uk - is accessible to as many people as possible, including those with disabilities. We want everyone to be able to explore, discover and engage with our services with ease.
Accessibility Statement
Our Commitment to Web Accessibility
Accessibility means that all visitors, including people with physical, visual, hearing or cognitive impairments, can use our website with the same ease and enjoyment. We're working to achieve this by ensuring compatibility with assistive technologies and accessibility settings across different devices and browsers.
Our site has been adapted in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, and we aim to meet Level AA compliance.
As part of this effort, we’ve:
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Used Wix’s Accessibility Wizard to identify and fix potential issues
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Set the correct reading order and language for each page
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Added meaningful alternative text to all images
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Ensured clear heading structures and logical content layout
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Chosen colours that meet required contrast ratios
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Reduced motion where appropriate
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Made sure our site is keyboard-navigable and screen reader-friendly
Where possible use an up-to-date browser
By using an up-to-date browser (the program you use to access the internet) you will have access to a much richer set of options to aid you as you navigate your way around this site.
The standard browsers we would recommend are below with links to install each of them:
Firefox
Chrome
Safari (MAC only)
Internet explorer
Edge
Once installed, each will bring its own selection of accessibility options and may allow further options via the use of plug-ins. For more details see the Accessibility page for each one:
Keyboard Short Cuts / Access Keys
Different browsers use different keystrokes to activate access key shortcuts, as shown below:
Windows
Browser | Page | Shortcut
Firefox or Chrome | Home | Shift + Alt + 1
Skip navigation menu| Shift + Alt + 2
Internet Explorer or Edge| Home| Alt + 1
Skip navigation menu | Alt + 2
NOTE: For Internet Explorer, you will need to press Enter after using the shortcut
MacOS
Browser | Page | Shortcut
Safari | Home | Command + Alt + 1
Skip navigation menu | Command + Alt + 2
Firefox or Chrome | Home | Command + Shift + 1
Skip navigation menu | Command + Shift + 2
Options in your browser
Most modern browsers all share the most common accessibility tools, here is a list of useful features:
Incremental Search
Incremental search allows you to progressively search a web page for a particular word or phrase on a page. To enable this on your browser, press and hold Ctrl/Command and then tap F. This will open a box to type your search into. As you type, the matches will be highlighted on the page for you.
Spatial Navigation
Hitting tab will jump you to each of the items you can interact with on any page. Holding the SHIFT key and then pressing tab will take you to the previous item.
Caret Navigation (Internet Explorer and Firefox only)
Instead of using a mouse to select text and move around within a webpage, you can use standard navigation keys on your keyboard: Home, End, Page Up, Page Down & the arrow keys. This feature is named after the caret, or cursor, that appears when you edit a document.
To turn this feature on, press the F7 key at the top of your keyboard and choose whether to enable the caret on the tab you are viewing or all your tabs.
Space bar
Pressing the space bar on a web page will move the page you are viewing down to the next visible part of the page.
Text fonts
Depending on your browser, you can override all fonts on the site to one that is easier for you to read. Options can be found in your browser's settings/preferences.
Change Font in Internet Explorer
Enlarge your view
You can activate the browser zoom via these keyboard shortcuts
Options on your computer
To zoom your entire computer screen
Apple Mac and Windows operating system both contain options to enlarge your view of your screen:
Windows
Apple OS X
Make your computer read the site aloud.
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free screen reader for computers running on the Windows operating system.
The latest version can be downloaded for FREE here (on this page you may be asked for a voluntary donation, if you do not wish to donate, click "skip donation this time")
WAVE is developed and made available as a free community service by WebAIM. Originally launched in 2001, WAVE has been used to evaluate the accessibility of millions of web pages. Read more here
Microsoft Windows Narrator is available in most versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems and reads text on the screen aloud and describes events like error messages so you can use your PC without a display. To find out more and how to enable it on your version, please click here
Control your computer with your voice
Apple Mac and Windows operating systems both provide ways to control your computer with voice recognition:
Windows
Apple OS X
Third-party voice recognition software is available too.
Help, feedback & contact
We are committed to providing you access to our most valuable resources. If you do spot anything which doesn't look quite right or have any suggestions for how we might improve our services, then please let us know.