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

This free webinar took place on Wednesday 4 June 2025.

In this free session, AbilityNet's Chris Grant and a group of AbilityNet Tech Volunteer experts shared how you can make your devices suit your needs with just some simple tweaks!

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

Watch the webinar recording below and download the slides and transcript.

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AbilityNet, in partnership with BT Group logoWho 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. 

Q&A

This webinar ran for 45 minutes and included 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 GrantChris 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. 

AbilityNet and BT Group logoDo you know an elderly person or a group of older people or disabled adults who want to know more about using digital devices?
We are offering a set of tailored Digital Skills sessions to disabled adults, and older people London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, the East Coast of Scotland, Stoke, Preston, Brighton & Hove (and Sussex), Newcastle, Cardiff and surrounding areas.
Book your digital skills sessions
   

Slides for the webinar

Download your own copy of the slides used in the webinar [PPT]

Transcript for the webinar

Download your copy of the webinar transcript [DOC]

Useful links

Date of webinar: 
4 Jun 2025 - 13:00

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