Making Our Site Accessible
At Scarborough Channel Islands Limited we feel that it is important for our online presence to be available and accessible to as many people as possible. Therefore we have taken every step to ensure our website is designed with accessibility in mind.
Web Accessibility Initiative compliance 
We have taken every step to ensure that the Scarborough Channel Islands Limited website conforms to Level AA compliance of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0).
All pages within the site meet the Level A and Level AA criteria, some of the pages within our website also comply with Level AAA. We strive to ensure that our pages continue to comply these standards and encourage visitors who feel there are parts of the site that fail to meet these standards to Contact us.
Access keys
Our website utilises Access Keys, which are keyboard shortcuts intended to help users who have difficulty in using devices such as a mouse or other pointing devices to navigate around the site. In order to use an access key, in Microsoft Windows press the 'ALT' key and the letter or number used for the access key (e.g. '1' for our homepage), release and then press return on your keyboard.
The Access Keys in use on our website are as follows:
- 1 = Homepage
- 2 = About us
- 3 = Accounts
- 4 = Opening an account
- 5 = Operating your account
- 6 = Contact us
- 7 = News
- 8 = Sitemap
- 9 = Accessibility
- 0 = Search
Please see the following table for how to use the Access Keys in other web browsers:
| Browser | What to press |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 5+ (PC) | ALT + Access Key followed by ENTER |
| Firefox, Mozilla (PC) | ALT + Shift + Access Key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Mac) | CTRL + Access Key |
| Safari (Mac) | CTRL + Access Key |
| Opera (PC & Mac) | Not supported View Opera keyboard shortcuts |
HTML heading tags
Our site uses html standard heading tags to ensure that all pages convey a valid document structure. H1 tags are used for main page titles, H2 tags for section titles, H3 tags are used for sub-section titles etc.
The navigation menus of our website are set-up using html lists, as this ensures the navigation is structured correctly for use with screen reading technology. It also means that the navigation can be tabbed through in a correct and logical order.
Images
All images on our website use ‘Alt’ tags that display an alternative description of the image. These descriptions of the images all software such as screen readers to read out a description of the image to visually impaired users.
Adobe PDF documents
The Scarborough Channel Islands Limited website uses PDF documents
to convey some information, any links to documents with a 
icon
are in PDF format. In order to view these documents you will need to have Adobe
Acrobat Reader software installed. If you do not have this already then please click the icon below to visit Adobe's website where you will be able to download a version for free.
In order for PDF documents to be accessible, Adobe provide a number of tools to help convert PDF content into a more accessible format. These tools can be found by following these links:
- Scarborough Channel Islands Limited is licensed under the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994 as amended.
- Scarborough Channel Islands Limited Registered office is Suite 5 North, Town Mills, Rue du Pre, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3TR. Registered in Guernsey No. 25871.
- Scarborough Channel Islands Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Scarborough Building Society, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (Register Number 206062).