The Lewisham Council website has been developed to WAI accessibility guidelines and we are constantly striving to maintain and improve the standard of the content and ensure that it is accessible to the widest possible audience.
Speech-enabled browsing
Find out more about how to hear the website read aloud with Browsealoud.
Text size
If you find the text on the website illegible you can increase the text size in your browser settings. For example if you are using Internet Explorer go to View > Text size and then select an appropriate text size (e.g. Larger or Largest).
Colour contrast
If the combination of text and background colours on the site causes problems with legibility these can be changed within your browser settings.
For example if you are using Internet Explorer go to Tools > Internet Options > Accessibility, select 'ignore colours specified on web pages'. After this you can adjust the colours by unticking the 'use windows colors' box and picking replacement colours.
Documents
The majority of downloadable documents on the Lewisham Council website are in PDF format. To view a PDF document you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free. Follow the link on the right for a free download and further information.