Accessibility Options

The following settings have been added to the site to provide better accessibility to all users, these settings will only be saved for this visit. Please click on the remember settings button to save the settings for future visits.

Change the default font size

The Thanet District Council website has a standard text size of around 9 pt. Use the buttons below to change the size of the text, the default setting is small.
Small Font
Medium Font
Large Font

Choose a colour scheme

Choose one of the options below to change the colour scheme or go back to the standard colour setting.
Default Colours	Black on Yellow
Black on Pale Blue	Black on Pale Pink
Black on Cream	Blue on Yellow
Yellow on Black

This option will leave a cookie on your computer for each accessibility option, so we can make sure you get the same settings next time you visit us.

Accessibility options within your web browser

Additionally in most browsers there are options that can be set to improve accessibility. In Internet Explorer, select Tools from the menu at the top of the screen, and then select Internet Options.

Click the Accessibility button and there will be a number of options you can turn on or off. For example, you can override the size settings of a web page so that you can to choose the size you require.

The size of the text can be increased in most browsers as well. In Internet Explorer select View from the menu and then Text size. Try different sizes until you find the one that matches your individual requirements (the formatting of some pages may be slightly changed by using very large text settings).

Accessibility of Word and PDF documents

Key Documents are provided on this website either in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. We make every effort to ensure that they are as accessible as possible.

If you have problems reading any of our key documents and require any of them in alternate formats, or another language, please call 01843 577165.