Prostate Cancer UK site accessibility

Web standards and technologies

This website has been built to conform to W3C standards for HTML and CSS. These technologies are relied upon throughout the site. The site should display correctly in all popular web browsers, and degrades gracefully in older browsers.

In addition, this website uses JavaScript and PDFs. These technologies are not relied upon and the website works perfectly well without them. Where they have been used, they meet the same high levels of accessibility as the rest of the site.

Changing Settings

Using your web browser, you can change the size of text on this web content and make other helpful changes:

Making text bigger or zooming your screen

It's easy to resize your text to make it easier to read. Follow the instructions below for your type of computer and web browser:

- PC with Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome: Hold down the CTRL key and press + (plus) to increase and CTRL - (minus) to decrease

- Mac with Firefox, Safari or Chrome: Hold down the CMD key and press + (plus) to increase and hold down the CMD key and press - (minus) to decrease

Alternatively, if you are using a modern set up and have a mouse with a wheel you can also alter the size of the text by holding down CTRL (PC) or CMD (Mac) on your keyboard while scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel.

If you don't know what web browser program you are using you can find out here: https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/

Using the Tab key to navigate the site without a mouse

You can use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links and form fields on each page. A single press of Tab highlights the next link, Shift+Tab highlights the previous link. When you use the Tab key to move between links on the website, you'll be taken through them in a logical order. Every effort has been made to ensure that link names are distinct and not repeated on pages.

Contrast

We have worked to make sure that there is sufficient contrast between text and background colours on the website. If you notice any colour combinations that cause you problems, please contact us.

You can change the colour of web pages to increase or decrease the contrast, or to invert the colours.  You can do this through settings in your browser (eg Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer). Sometimes you need to install 'extensions' or 'add ons' for your browser.

Contact information

We are continually working to maintain the accessibility of this website. If you experience any problem accessing the site then please contact us.

Please note: for advice on what information to include when you contact us, we recommending you read 'Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites' http://www.w3.org/WAI/users/inaccessible