Increase your digital and financial skills

Thu 18/09/2025

A new course being rolled out across Essex aims to give you the skills and confidence to tackle everyday digital and financial tasks.

The Digital Levelling Up course takes place in libraries over five sessions lasting between an hour and 90 minutes each, and is led by library staff known as ‘Digital Champions’.

The course covers:

Session 1: Essential digital skills

Session 2: How to use my computer or mobile phone; digital security

Session 3: NHS app; using gov.uk; online marketplace

Sessions 4 and 5: content tailored to your own individual needs (established with the help of a short diagnostic test)

The course has been created by Essex Libraries and is run in partnership with Barclays and Digital Essex.

Find a Digital Levelling Up course.

Autumn courses:

Chelmsford Library, Mondays 6 October to 3 November at 10am

Chelmsford Library, Thursdays 9 October to 6 November at 2pm

Braintree Library, Thursdays 9 October to 6 November at 2pm

North Melbourne Library, Tuesdays 14 October to 11 November at 10am

Basildon Library, Mondays 3 November to 1 December at 2pm