Here&Now365 (H&N365) is committed to making sure everyone has access to our websites. We design them with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines in mind: H&N365 makes sure that navigation throughout our websites works in a consistent way. H&N365 use a standard web font to make it easy for all to read. In many cases, the size of the font can be adjusted according to the users’ needs, using standard browser and operating system options.

All the images are given ‘alt text’ alternatives except those which are only decorative; the tags for these are left blank. H&N365 never use colour as the only way to convey information. Here&Now365 endeavour to make our websites accessible to all, and we intend to continue with improvements throughout the year.

Here&Now365 Special Services to users Hard Copy H&N365 will provide, by post or email, a hard copy of any news story on our websites upon request from a user.

H&N365 will provide, by post or email, in LARGE TEXT SIZE a copy of any news story that are published only on our websites upon request from a user.


Navigation

Navigation buttons make moving around the Website are very simple.

Adobe Acrobat maybe required to view and print PDF documents that appear on this website. To download this program for free, visit the Adobe website. To read PDF documents with a screen reader please link to the Access Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources.

Macromedia Flash Player and other third party media players maybe required to view Flash Animation and/or Media files that appear on this website. To download these program/s for free, visit the Macromedia website and other third party websites to download free media players.

If you have difficulty accessing the site or have any comments or feedback, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can call us on 020 993 2541 (from overseas dial: 00 44 20 993 2541) 9.00am-6.00pm Mon-Fri (UK Time), or you can contact us online here


Help with changing your settings

Your browser already includes a number of ways to change the way our web pages are displayed. Here’s how to change settings using Internet Explorer :

Internet Explorer (IE5.x)
To permanently apply font and colour changes
To enlarge text
To change text and background colour
To prevent graphics and images appearing
To change the size of the window
To change the colour of links displayed on a screen
Other options
Other browsers

Internet Explorer instructions To permanently apply font and colour changes On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options' On the General tab, select 'Accessibility' Click on the three boxes to show ticks Click on 'OK' To enlarge text On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options' On the General tab, select 'Accessibility' Tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box Click on 'OK' On the browser menu select 'view' Click 'text size' Choose the size of text To change text and background colour On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options' On the General tab, select 'Colour' Deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour Click on 'OK' Select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour

Click on 'OK' To prevent graphics and images appearing On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options' On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading Deselect the graphics options 'animations', 'videos', 'pictures' and 'images' by clicking on the boxes to remove the ticks Click on 'Apply' then 'OK' To change the size of the window On the browser View menu select 'Full screen' or press F11 To change the colour of links displayed on a screen. On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options' On the General tab, select 'Accessibility' Click on 'Select ignore colours specified on Web pages' (should contain a tick) Click 'OK' Select 'General' tab and click on 'Colours' Turn off the 'Use hover colours' tick box (should not contain a tick) Select 'Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK Select 'Not Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK Select 'OK' for 'Colours' Select 'OK' for 'Internet Options' Other options Other options such as removing animation are available: On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options' On the Advanced tab choose any of the options available to improve the visibility of the web pages.


Other browsers

There are options to change the way pages are displayed on other browsers. Please refer to your browser's help or information section for details. If in doubt please contact us for help. However, to make the most of the accessibility features on this site we recommend the use of Internet Explorer.