Free webinar: How to make digital devices work for you: Tech tips for older users

Join our free webinar on Wednesday 4 June 2025 with AbilityNet's Chris Grant and a group of AbilityNet Tech Volunteer experts who will share how you can make your devices suit your needs with just some simple tweaks!

This webinar takes place during Volunteers' Week 2025 (2-8 June) and is part of our activities to celebrate the amazing efforts of our wonderful volunteers across the UK who support people with their digital devices.

All registrants will receive the recording, slides and transcript after the event, so do sign up even if you can't attend on the broadcast date.

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Who will benefit from this webinar?

The session will benefit:

• Older people and disabled adults
• Carers of older people or disabled adults
• Health professionals working with older people or disabled adults
• People interested in tech and digital devices
• Web and Accessibility professionals interested in design and digital considerations for older people and disabled adults

If you work for an organisation that helps older people or disabled adults, this webinar shares useful resources and advice to help your clients.

This session is part of AbilityNet's work with telecommunications company BT Group to help older and digitally excluded people to build online skills and confidence.

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Everyone who registers will receive the recording, slides and transcript after the event, so do sign up even if you can't attend on the broadcast date.

Q&A

This webinar will run for 45 minutes and include an opportunity to pose questions to the speakers. Find out more about our webinars in our FAQs information.

Meet your panellists

Chris Grant, Community Relationship Team Leader for AbilityNet

Chris Grant is a Community Relationship Team Leader at AbilityNet. His focus is on fundraising for AbilityNet and driving community partnerships, and he is also the County Co-ordinator for AbilityNet’s network of volunteers in Scotland.

Chris played a crucial role in AbilityNet's involvement in the Digital Lifeline. We worked with Good Things Foundation and others to deliver the government’s emergency response programme to deliver devices to people with learning disabilities or difficulties. 

Do you know an elderly person or a group of older people or disabled adults who want to know more about using digital devices?

Useful links

• Blog: Using technology to help elderly relatives from afar 
• Sign up to the AbilityNet newsletter for more free resources like this webinar!
• Find out about AbilityNet's Digital accessibility services