Help

This page provides help on using this site:

• Accessibility
• Conditions and policies
• General
• Site structure
• Technical

Users can find out more about BECTU elsewhere.

Accessibility

A number of accessibility features are available on this site, including:

• Users can control the default font text size using the relevant controls on some browsers.
• Users can override the site style sheets with their own style sheet.
• CSS signature of "bectu-org-uk" for users who wish to use their own style sheet.
• A hidden link at the beginning of each page allows users (especially those with screen readers) to jump to the main content - the link can be viewed in visual browsers by overriding the site style sheets.
• High contrast body text is used.
• Alternative text descriptions are given for graphics and images.

The site is also access key enabled:

• h - Home
• n - News
• r - Resources
• a - About
• c - Contact
• j - Join
• s - Search
• e - Help

A small number of pages, mainly of historical interest, do not incorporate all of the above - these pages are being updated over a period of time.

Conditions and policies

A number of conditions and polices cover all of this site:

• Copyright
• Links to external sites
• Privacy policy
• Terms and conditions

There may be additional conditions and policies detailed on individual pages or sections of this site.

General

The following relates to all of the BECTU website:

• Unless otherwise indicated, all telephone and fax numbers shown are UK internal numbers - if ringing from outside the UK insert the appropriate international code.
• Unless otherwise indicated, all monetary values shown are expressed in UK Pound Sterling, indicated by £.
• All times are UK local time, unless indicated otherwise, which is GMT during UK winter and GMT+1 during UK summer (BST - British Summer Time). All times are in 24 hour format HHmm (e.g. 2015 is 8.15 PM).
• Legal references are to UK national legislation unless indicated otherwise.

Site structure

This site is organised into eight main sections which are accessible through standard navigation links on each page:

• Home - The entry page to this site.
• News - All of the BECTU news headlines for the current year, along with archives going back to 1997.
• Resources - Information relating to the sectors covered by the union both on this site and externally.
• About - All about BECTU - its structure, membership, history and affiliations.
• Contact - Contact details for BECTU across the UK.
• Join - How to join BECTU.
• Search - Site search and alphabetical index of contents.
• Help - This page!

Technical

Technical help relating to this site.