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Accessibility Policy

Cumbria County Council is committed to providing its online services to all sections of the public, in line with the current Disability Discrimination Act.

One of our key objectives in designing this site has been to make easily accessible to as many as possible of the people of Cumbria. In particular, we have tried to design the core parts of the site in such a way that: users who find it hard to read the standard screen display can easily alter colours and text sizes to a combination that suits them.  We hope the site is straightforward to navigate using a text-only browser or a speech browser navigation using a keyboard rather than a mouse.

Because we are aiming to make as many as possible of the documents published by the County Council available through this site, we cannot check in detail whether all site contents are fully accessible. Also, we can only be certain that the core site design meets all access needs when we have had feedback from a wide range of users.

We would therefore be especially interested to hear from site users who have special access needs about their experience of using the site.

Accessible Information Policy

You can view the council's accessible information policy at the link below.

Cumbria County Council Accessible Information Policy (230k PDF)

Keyboard Shortcuts

To aid navigation around this website a number of keyboard shortcuts have been provided to the most frequently used pages. In each case it is simply a matter of holding down a control key whilst hitting another key from the list given below.

  • S - Skip navigation
  • 1 - Home page
  • 2 - Text only / low graphic version
  • 3 - Site map
  • 4 - Search
  • 5 - Frequently Asked Questions
  • 6 - Contact us
  • 7 - Compliments, Comments and Complaints
  • 8 - Disclaimer
  • 9 - Feedback form
  • 0 - Accessibility information (this page)   

Browsers for PCs

Firefox 2: Hold down the SHIFT key and the ALT key and then press the number of the access key
Firefox 1.5 for PCs: Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Opera 9: Hold SHIFT and the ESC key and the list of access keys will appear.
Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER
Internet Explorer 4: Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Netscape 7: Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Netscape 6+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key
Netscape earlier versions: Access keys are not supported

Browsers for Macs

Firefox 2: Hold down the SHIFT key and the ALT key and then press the number of the access key
Firefox 1.5: Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Safari: Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Opera 9: Hold SHIFT and the ESC key and the list of access keys will appear.
Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Internet Explorer 4.5: Access keys are not supported