Digital Skills Courses

• 1 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 12:00 am to 11:45pm
• Digital Skills Training

Digital Skills Courses
Sunday 1st March 2026 - Wednesday 31st March 2027 12:00am - 11:45pm

We run two different digital skills courses to help blind and partially sighted people use smartphones and tablets more confidently.

Introduction to smart device accessibility

This two session course is for people who still have some usable vision and would like to make text and screen content easier to see. You will learn how to use built in accessibility features such as magnification, larger text and contrast settings.

Upcoming courses:

Insight Gloucestershire

• Gloucester – 20 & 27 April or 5 & 26 October
• Cirencester – 17 & 24 April or 9 & 23 October
• Stroud – 5 & 19 May or 3 & 10 November
• Cheltenham – 7 & 14 May or 5 & 12 November

Wiltshire Sight

• Salisbury – 10 & 17 April or 2 & 9 October
• Devizes – 21 & 28 April or 20 & 27 October
• Swindon – 6 & 13 May or 4 & 11 November
• Trowbridge – 15 & 22 May or 20 & 27 November

Sight Support West of England

• Bristol – 15 & 22 April or 14 & 21 October
• Kingswood – 16 & 30 April or 15 & 22 October
• Midsomer Norton – 8 & 15 May or 13 & 20 November
• Thornbury – 21 & 28 May or 19 & 26 November
• Bath – dates to be confirmed

Introduction to VoiceOver and TalkBack – screen reader course

This two session course is for people who have little or no usable vision and would like to learn how to use their smartphone or tablet through spoken feedback. You will learn how your device can read text and screen content aloud and how to control it using simple touch gestures.

Upcoming courses:

Insight Gloucestershire

• Gloucester – 1 & 22 June or 1 & 22 February
• Cirencester – 12 & 26 June or 12 & 26 February
• Stroud – 8 & 15 September or 2 & 9 March
• Cheltenham – 10 & 17 September or 4 & 11 March

Wiltshire Sight

• Salisbury – 5 & 12 June
• Devizes – 16 & 23 June
• Swindon – 2 & 9 September
• Trowbridge – 18 & 25 September

Sight Support West of England

• Bristol – 10 & 17 June
• Kingswood – 18 & 25 June
• Midsomer Norton – 11 & 18 September
• Thornbury – 17 & 24 September
• Bath – dates to be confirmed

See the individual event listings for full details or contact us to discuss which course might be suitable for you and book your place.

One to one Digital Skills support is also available at many of our Community Sight Loss Advice Hubs. If you would prefer individual support, or would like help before attending a course.