accessibilty
Our site is designed to be accessible to as many people as possible. It is available in a range of alternative formats.
This section contains information on translation and alternative formats. A text only version of the web site is also included in this section.
We aim to comply with current guidance for web site content accessibility. We also aim to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995.
Should you experience any difficulties accessing information on this web site please contact Bield on 0131 273 4000
Text only Web page
You have the option at the top of our web pages to switch to a text only version. The text only version removes all graphics from the pages. You can amend the colour and size of font on the text only version to suit your needs
Translation and Alternative Formats
Bield will produce information from the web site on request into Braille, Audio Tape, Large Print and Community Languages. To find out more or to discuss individual
requirements contact Bield on telephone 0131 273 4000
Equal Opportunties Programme
Bield together with Trust and Hanover (Scotland) Housing Associations are working jointly on a joint equal opportunities programme. The aim is to promote fairness, equality and social inclusion for Scotland’s Black and Minority Ethnic communities, particularly, “hard to reach” groups such as older people. Its founding objectives are to:
- Encourage take up of services by Black and Minority Ethnic older people
- Develop policy and procedures which promote positive action and which reflect current legislation
- Develop initiatives and promotional and marketing campaigns to raise awareness about the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic older people and communities
- Encourage Black and Minority Ethnic communities to seek Employment with the Associations, and to work in partnership with other agencies to develop equal opportunity practices in employment
- Train staff on equality issues
A recent initiative developed as part of the equal opportunities programme.is the ‘Happy to Translate’ logo. Participating public sector organisations will display the official logo on their literature and in reception areas to let non-English readers and speakers know they will provide quality translation and interpreting services.
Further information about the programme and the recent Happy to Translate initiave can be obtained from the web site at www.equalityscotland.com
Standards compliance
The graphical version of this site conforms to W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0", available at here, Level A compliance as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). Many Level AA requirements are also met.
All pages validate as XHTML
1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.
The CSS also validates.
We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995
with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).
While we use Bobby to test for accessibility,
it is just one aspect of our testing procedure. As a computer programme, the Bobby test is not as reliable as expert evaluation.
Access keys
Access keys provide you with a keyboard shortcut to help navigate through the main areas of our site (if you are using Internet Explorer 4 and above and Netscape 6x). If using Windows, you can press ALT and the access key; if using MACINTOSH press CTRL and the access key. Press ENTER to then go to that page.
The following access keys are available throughout this website:
- 0 - Home Page
- 1 - Housing
- 2 - Community Services
- 3 - Community Alarm
- 4 - Work With Us
- 5 - The Trust
- 6 - News
- 7 - Library
- 8 - Tenant Zone
- 9 - Volunteers
- a - Accessibility
- s - Search
- m - Sitemap
- l - Links
- c - Contact Us
- t - Terms & Conditions
- p - Privacy Policy
Accessibility features in your browser
Most browsers and screens can be adjusted to help you view websites more clearly and this can be done by altering the size, format and colours.
Internet Explorer
Go to Tools/Internet Options and under the General Tab select Colours, Fonts or Accessibility. You can also press the
F1 Key for further information on accessibility features within Explorer.
Netscape Navigator
Keyboard shortcuts:
view information about shortcuts
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility
In Netscape, you can specify your own fonts and colours by selecting Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance.
PDF (Portable Document Format) documents
All new documents on our website have been converted to PDF format using Acrobat 5.0. Older documents may not support all of the functions now available with Acrobat, however you may contact us to provide you with a hard copy.
