How to get help with your digital devices

Join a FREE webinar on Thursday 6 June 2024 between 1pm - 2pm BST to learn how technology can provide a helping hand to disabled people and older people.

Taking place during Volunteers' Week 2024 (3 - 9 June), in this lunchtime learning session, expert speakers from AbilityNet will be joined by guests from BT Group to highlight how we can help with your tech queries and provide 121 support.

In the webinar you'll discover:

• Simple ways to learn how to use your devices
• Tips for assistive technology that can help with hearing, visual, motor and cognitive impairments - including accessing and using the tools that are already present on many common digital devices
• How to get help where you live from an AbilityNet or BT Group volunteer
   

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Who will benefit from this webinar?

The session will benefit:

• Disabled people and older people
• Carers of disabled people and older people
• Health professionals working with disabled people and older people
• People interested in how tech can help make everyday tasks easier
• Web and Accessibility professionals interested in design and digital considerations for disabled people and older people

If you work for an organisation that helps older people or people, this webinar will share useful resources and advice to help your clients - so sign up and bring a group along!
 

Register for the webinar

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.

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 will be 60 minutes and include an opportunity to pose questions to the panel. Any unanswered questions will be answered on this page after the webinar broadcast. Find out more about our webinars in our FAQs information.

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