Digital Skills Learning & Support

We are proud to partner with charitable organisation Digital Unite, to support residents with digital skills learning to help them keep connected and engage in this ever-increasing digital world.

Below are a range of how-to guides that have been written by subject matter experts at Digital Unite. The guides are perfect for supporting others with digital skills or improving your own knowledge.

Computer Basics

Starting to use a computer can feel like a visit to a foreign country – things look familiar, but you can’t speak the language. This guide will help you get started.

Creating Documents: Microsoft Office

From cave painting to pen and ink, from typewriters to computers: the latest phase in the history of humanity’s desire to express itself through writing and creating images.

Email & Skype

It’s estimated that 294 billion emails are sent every day, and more than 650 million use the internet telephone service ‘Skype’. As intimidating as these numbers are, they are also a testament to the popularity and convenience of these tools.

Internet Security

Just like the real world, the virtual world of the web has a huge and varied population and, inevitably, a number of bad guys reside there. Just as you know to lock your home on leaving it or to keep your bag close to you in a crowd, there are also some simple rules for staying safe online.

Hobbies & Interests

When it comes to pursuing our interests, finding information or just having fun, the internet contains spectacular new possibilities.

Music & Audio

One of the most revolutionary changes that the internet has brought with it is to the way we listen to music, the radio and other audio content. Suddenly, almost anything you can think of wanting to hear is a mouse click away.

Smartphones & Tablets

Powerful, convenient and multi-purpose, smartphones and tablets are the two key players in the fast-growing world of mobile computers.

TV & Video

It’s now possible to watch TV programmes you’ve missed and films you thought you’d never find again – all online. Our guides will tell you how. We also introduce you to the weird and wonderful world of the video website YouTube.

Social Networking & Blogs

This guide will show you how to get involved in these exciting, fun and flexible forms of social media.

Digital Photography

This guide focuses on free digital photography software Windows Live Photo Gallery to demonstrate many of the processes and techniques explained. However, other types of software are very similar and so, if you don’t have Windows Live Photo Gallery, you’ll still find the information in our guides relevant.

Government Services, Shopping & Banking Online

This guide focuses on free digital photography software Windows Live Photo Gallery to demonstrate many of the processes and techniques explained. However, other types of software are very similar and so, if you don’t have Windows Live Photo Gallery, you’ll still find the information in our guides relevant.