Learn essential digital skills for free in Dundee
Annie Mannion | 16 Apr 2025
Navigating the online world can be overwhelming, especially if you're unsure about searching for information, figuring out which websites to trust, or understanding how your digital device works.
If you're 65 years old or over, live in Dundee or nearby, and are eager to improve your digital skills, AbilityNet can help!
Join AbilityNet in partnership with BT Group for upcoming free digital skills sessions in Dundee.
AbilityNet's expert Digital Skills Trainer, Hannah Davies, and the BT team will be your guides at these engaging sessions.
What can I expect during the sessions?
The sessions are designed to address any tech concerns you might have, and empower you with the skills needed to navigate the digital world safely and with confidence.
Our trainer is dedicated to providing personalised assistance, answering any questions you may have, and helping you become more comfortable with your digital device and the online world.
Tea and biscuits will be available during the sessions too.
Free webinar: How going digital can save you money: a guide with the DWPWhere and when are the sessions being held?
The Senior Skills Sessions run from 10am to 12 noon on the following dates:
- Thursday 8 May: An Introduction to Smartphones
- Thursday 15 May: How to download Apps and make Video Calls
- Thursday 22 May: How to Stay Safer online
Please bring along your own devices (smartphones or tablets) if you have them.
Anyone attending all 3 sessions in Dundee will receive a free Amazon Fire TV Stick at the final session! (Please register your interest and we will follow up to confirm your place, due to the high demand.)
Skills sessions address: 2 Greenmarket, West Marketgait, Dundee, DD1 4QB.
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to boost your digital skills!
How do I book my place?
Email digitalskills@abilitynet.org.uk with your name and phone number and our team will be in touch to confirm your place.
You can also call our helpline on 0300 180 0028* during UK office hours to register.
• "At 93 your service was and is of great help to me and my generation"
• "I was so impressed with the trainer, who listened and really helped a lot"
• "Very easy to ask questions and receive simple answers"
• "It is really the course I needed. I learn something new every week"
• "It is very excellent. It gives me more hope to do some things that I wouldn't do before"
I don't live in Dundee, how can I get digital skills help?
If you're over 65 years of age and looking to build your skills, we're offering free digital skills sessions in areas in and around London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, the East Coast of Scotland, Stoke, Preston, Brighton & Hove (and Sussex), Newcastle, Cardiff and surrounding areas.
Trainers can build something bespoke for your group or for an individual and run sessions including:
- Getting to know your Smartphone or Tablet
- Staying Safer Online
- Getting started with Email
- Using Social Media, e.g. Facebook
- Online entertainment, e.g. watching TV online
- How to access Public Services e.g. Gov.UK
- How to make a video call
- How to manage your health online
- How to bank online
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I want to know about the BT switchover from analogue to digital
We have lots of information which can help you in our blog: Everything you need to know about Digital Voice
How AbilityNet can help
- Call AbilityNet's helpline on 0300 180 0028
- Request help from an AbilityNet volunteer
- See our database of FREE factsheets
- Access FREE webinars about technology and disability
*Please note: calls to our helpline number cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number and count towards any inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls, and AbilityNet does not receive any money from these calls
