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Accessibility

Skip Links

Skip links are links to another part of the page that allow visitors to navigate their way around a web document, without having to cycle through a huge list of links.

A common misconception is that skip links are just for screen reader users. This is probably borne out of the fact that a lot of people still regard accessibility as being primarily for those with visual impairments. Skip links are beneficial to screen reader users, and keyboard users in general, but they're also useful to other groups; primarily, people with mobility difficulties.

You can also find more information on accessibility by following the web accessibility links at the bottom of the page.

You can access the key features of this site without the need for a mouse by using tabs and pressing 'enter' on the following skip links:

  • Jump to Homebase Web site search
  • Jump to main content
  • Jump to main categories
  • Jump to secondary navigation
  • Jump to footer

Images

All content images on this site are provided with descriptive ALT attributes.

Where images contain important information, such as graphs and charts, alternative information is provided in the form of inline descriptions of tabular data.

Navigation

All pages contain a link to the home page and the search box.

Jump to main content is available to users of screen readers and speech browsers, to bypass graphical and navigational elements - such as the logo and header components - and jump directly to the main content.

Jump to secondary Navigation is available to users of screen readers and speech browsers, to bypass graphical elements - such as the logo and header components - and jump directly to the secondary navigation.

Jump to footer is available to users of screen readers and speech browsers, to bypass repeated page elements - such as the top and side navigation links - and jump directly to the footer content.

Accessibility Devices

Screen Readers:

Braille Displays:

Further Information Resources on Accessibility

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