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Digital Skills Accelerator Workshops
Practical workshops designed to help individuals, community organisations, entrepreneurs, students, and digital enthusiasts build real digital confidence — from web creation to plugins, publishing, and beyond.
Why these workshops matter now
There is a growing myth that websites and digital creation skills are becoming less important because of AI. In reality, the opposite is true.
AI systems do not replace the web — they depend on it. Behind every AI response sits a vast ecosystem of websites, documents, and digital publications that provide the information people and systems rely on.
In an AI-driven world, understanding how websites work, how digital tools are built, and how online systems can be shaped is becoming more valuable, not less.
These workshops are designed to help participants move from passive digital use to active digital creation.
Current Workshops
Build Your First Website: HTML & CSS Foundations
A practical hands-on workshop introducing participants to the foundations of web development, including HTML, CSS, web structure, styling, and publishing.
- Learn the principles of HTML and coding
- Apply CSS to style web pages
- Understand hosting and publishing
- Build and publish a simple webpage
Creating Plugins for Your Website
A practical workshop for website owners, designers, developers, and digital enthusiasts who want to understand plugins, extend website functionality, and create their first plugin.
- Understand what plugins are and how they work
- Move from code to plugin creation
- Create, install, and activate a plugin
- Test and refine your plugin
Building an Ethical Chatbot
Learn how conversational AI systems work and how ethical principles can be embedded into chatbot design, development, and deployment.
- Understand how chatbots and AI systems work
- Explore responsible AI design principles
- Learn how ethical chatbots are structured
- See a practical demonstration of chatbot creation
Designing Future-Proofed Digital Communities
A strategic workshop introducing the Seven Pillars of Future-Proofed Digital Communities, a framework developed by John Adewole to help organisations think more holistically about digital participation, resilience, and inclusive digital ecosystems.
- Understand the Seven Pillars framework
- Explore why digital inclusion strategies often fall short
- Map digital participation systems within communities
- Design resilient and future-ready digital environments
Flexible delivery and pricing
For organisations
Ideal for councils, charities, universities, schools, community groups, and enterprise support programmes.
Delivery: Half-day, full-day, or tailored workshop series.
For community groups
Reduced pricing can be offered for charities, CICs, and local community organisations where appropriate.
Approach: Practical, accessible, and hands-on.
For open enrolment
Selected workshops can also be offered as individual ticketed sessions.
Suitable for: Learners building confidence in digital creation.
Book a workshop for your organisation or community
These sessions can be delivered as stand-alone workshops, part of a bootcamp, or tailored for a specific group, programme, or learning cohort.
Suitable for community organisations, entrepreneurs, education providers, councils, charities, and digital inclusion programmes.