Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity is committed to making its online presence, gosh.org, accessible by everyone. We are currently reviewing all aspects of our website and are actively working to ensure that the existing site and our future online activities meet appropriate guidelines and standards on web accessibility issues.
Standards compliance
All web pages produced for EasySite™ websites are written to the ‘XHTML 1. 1 Transitional standard, use Cascading Style Sheets for presentation and aim to meet the "AA" conformance level of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This means that the website can be viewed in all modern browsers, regardless of platform or device. Some older browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape 4) do not comply with these web standards. A minority of our visitors still use these browsers and, as a result, will not experience the site as we have intended. They will be able to read the pages and navigate the site, but the site will look basic in comparison.
Access keys
Access keys are a useful way for keyboard users to navigate quickly to certain sections of the site.
The access key function allows lets you navigate around the site by using your keyboard. You can jump directly to certain links or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.
By holding down ALT+[access key] (PC) or CTRL+[access key] (Mac), a link will become active. You can then hit the enter key to activate the link.
The Access keys for this site are:
| Function |
Access key |
| Home Page |
1 |
| News |
2 |
| site map |
3 |
| Search |
4 |
| About us |
5 |
| disclaimer |
8 |
| Contact us |
9 |
| skip links |
S |
Access key and browser key combinations
| Browser |
Key combination |
| Internet Explorer 5+ |
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER |
| Internet Explorer 4 |
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac |
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key |
| Netscape 6+ |
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key |
| Mozilla |
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key |
Resizing text
If you find reading the website to be difficult please use the facility to increase the size of the text by simply clicking on ‘Text Size: A A A’ at the bottom of the screen
Downloadable documents
We provide downloadable documents in PDF and also occasionally in Word and Excel formats.
If you encounter a problem with any of our downloadable documents please contact us via supporter.services@gosh.org
Browser compatibility
An aspect of web accessibility is browser compatibility. The following browsers may be used to view gosh.org web pages:
| On a PC |
On a Mac |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above |
Firefox 1.6 and above |
| Firefox 0.9 and above |
Safari 1.2 and above |
Low graphics pages
Although not strictly text-only, these pages are quicker to download and useful if you don't need the images or if you are on a slow connection.
Download Plug-ins
To view and print PDF files, you must have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader installed.
How you can help us to improve the site
We welcome feedback from users to help us make this site as useful and helpful as possible. If you would like to make an suggestion or let us know your thoughts about this website please email webmaster@gosh.org
