Using this site

If you want to make the colours on the website less bright, you can turn on “calm mode” using the switch/button at the top of the screen.

On mobile it looks like this:

On PC it looks like this:

Click it again if you want to turn it off.

Here is an example of what it does:

We have used a large text size on this website as standard, but you can also use our text size controls to make the text bigger.

On mobile, click on in the top right to find the text size controls. On PC, you will find them at the top of the screen.

Click on to make text bigger, and to make text smaller again, or click to go back to the original text size.

Your browser should remember the text size you used last time.

Our website can be viewed in dark mode or light mode. Dark mode means the website uses dark backgrounds. Some people find this easier to look at.

The website should load in the mode your browser normally uses, but you can also turn it on and off using the control in the bottom right of the screen:

Turn on dark mode:

Turn off dark mode:

Here is an example of what it does:

Most pages on the site can be read as regular text, or Easy Read.

Regular text means a page with text and images like most pages on the internet.

Easy Read has less text, you get one sentence at a time, and there is an image with each sentence.

There will be a button like this that you can use to switch between regular text or Easy Read:

(On PC these buttons are side by side instead of one above the other.)

On mobile, Easy Read view looks like this:

(On PC the image is to the left of the text instead of above it.)

Swipe right or click on the arrow to move to the next sentence. If you want to go back to the beginning use the “Back to start” link at the bottom of the slide.

At the bottom right of the slide it will tell you how many slides there are, and how far through you are. For example 1 of 17 – you are on the first slide, and there are 17 slides in total.

All of our videos have subtitles. Most of our videos allow you to turn these on and off using this button at the bottom of the video on YouTube: 

You can change the size and shape of the internet browser on your PC and our website layout will adjust to match.

• If your internet browser currently completely fills the screen, click on the “restore down” button next to the  in the top right of your screen. This will make the window smaller so you can see the edges.
• Move the pointer to the edge of the window until the resizing arrow (eg or ) appears
• Click and drag the edges to the shape and size you want

If you want the window to fill your screen again, just hit  next to the  in the corner.

Whenever you next hit  it will return to the last size and shape you adjusted the browser to (regardless of what website you were viewing at the time).

You can get around our website pages using the menu.

On mobile, click on in the top right, and this will bring up the menu.

On PC, you will find the menu along the top of the website at all times.

You can use the search function to look for pages.

On mobile, click on in the top right, and you will find the search function underneath the menu.

On PC, the search function is in the top right of the website at all times.

If you click on the Amazing Futures logo in the top left of the website, it will take you back to the website home page.

At the very bottom of the website, in the footer menu, you will find a link to the site map – this is a list of every page on the website. You may find this useful if you are using a screen reader, or need to get around the website using only your keyboard.

Links to pages that give you legal information are in the footer menu, at the very bottom of the website.

You can get around this website using just your keyboard, for example if you use a screen reader.

You can find information about keyboard shortcuts for your internet browser here:

Microsoft Edge – keyboard shortcuts

Google Chrome – keyboard shortcuts

Firefox  – keyboard shortcuts

Opera – keyboard shortcuts

Safari – keyboard shortcuts

Silk – user guide