Accessibility

We have made every effort to make the European Regional Development Fund in the Northwest website accessible and easy to use for everyone, no matter what browser you choose to use and whether or not you have any disabilities.

This website conforms to the UK Government guidelines for websites.  It follows the Worldwide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, meeting all level AA checkpoints. We also endeavour to make pages reach AAA standard wherever possible, and we have the site assessed by The Shaw Trust to ensure it passes "real life" accessibility tests. We have also had the site assessed against the new WCAG 2.0 guidelines and are working to ensure that the site achieves AA standard when measured against them.

We appreciate that we can always do better. Maintaining an accessible site is an on-going process and we are continually working to offer a user-friendly experience. However, if you have any problems using this web site, please contact us by email .

Further Assistance

The BBC have recently launched My Web My Way - a new website to help users make browsing easier. The website, a partnership between the BBC and AbilityNet, explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible.

Keyboard Access Information (Access Keys)

This site supports standard keyboard shortcuts which are intended to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices, such as a mouse.

Depending upon your browser type, use one of the following:

• if Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 then press "Alt" and letter at same time
• if Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or above press "Alt" and the letter then press the enter key
• this accessibility initiative is supported by Netscape 6

If you have any queries or difficulties, contact the NWDA webmaster.

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