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Practical training for inclusive, ethical and confident digital futures

I design and deliver hands-on training for individuals, educators, organisations and public bodies, with a strong focus on AI, digital inclusion, and confidence-building.

  • Online or face-to-face
  • UK-wide delivery
  • Tailored to your audience

Clear, accessible delivery

Complex topics taught in plain language, with practical examples.

Ethics and safety embedded

Privacy, safeguarding, inclusion, and real-world risk management throughout.

Useful outputs

Exercises, templates, and optional evaluation notes for leaders and funders.

In practice Every Saturday I run free community AI sessions, the same accessible, plain-language teaching, offered openly. See the free Saturday workshops →

What you can expect

Grounded, practical, and built to reduce digital anxiety

Sessions are grounded in real-world delivery, informed by community-based research, and designed to reduce digital anxiety while building practical capability.

  • Clear, accessible teaching, even for complex topics
  • Ethics, safety and inclusion embedded throughout
  • Practical exercises, templates and take-away resources
  • Optional evaluation, reporting and impact summary

Training areas

Choose a module, or request a bespoke programme

Pick a module below, or request a bespoke programme that fits your context, learners and operational goals.

AI & Generative AIPractical + ethical

AI literacy that builds confidence, not dependency

  • What AI is (and isn’t), plain-language foundations
  • Practical use of generative tools in work, research and education
  • Bias, hallucinations, privacy and safeguarding
  • Responsible use for decision-makers and non-technical teams

Outcome: participants leave confident, critical, and capable, with clear, safe next steps.

Ethical AI ChatbotsTrust + transparency

Design and build chatbots that support people responsibly

  • Human-centred chatbot design for access and support
  • Ethical principles: clarity, consent, boundaries, escalation
  • Avoiding exclusion, misinformation and over-automation
  • Using AI to strengthen, not replace, human services

Outcome: teams can plan, prototype and govern chatbots that are safe, inclusive and useful.

Web Design & CodingHTML + CSS

Learn the foundations: structure, styling and accessibility

  • How the web works (pages, hosting, domains, browsers)
  • HTML structure and meaning
  • CSS layout, spacing and responsive design
  • Inclusive design principles and accessibility basics
  • Using AI to support learning without skipping understanding

Outcome: learners gain real coding confidence and transferable understanding.

Digital Inclusion (Organisations)Intent to implementation

Digital inclusion as social infrastructure

  • Digital inclusion beyond access: confidence, trust, design and governance
  • Barriers faced by under-represented groups
  • Designing pathways that people can actually use
  • Evaluation, reporting and impact measurement

Outcome: organisations strengthen inclusion practice, participation and measurable outcomes.

Education (Schools / HE)Learners + parents + staff

Digital confidence development for education ecosystems

  • Supporting learners and staff with confident digital participation
  • Parent and carer inclusion to reduce anxiety and build consistency at home
  • Safe digital life skills without fear-based messaging
  • Preparing learners for ethical and responsible AI futures

Outcome: education environments that empower rather than exclude.

Bespoke ProgrammesMulti-session

Tailored training for your audience and context

  • Single sessions, short courses or multi-week programmes
  • Context-specific examples and resources
  • Optional evaluation, reporting and organisational learning notes

Outcome: a programme that fits your reality and produces clear, reportable value.

Delivery formats

Online or face-to-face, however suits your audience

Sessions can be delivered online or face-to-face, as workshops, short courses, or bespoke programmes.

  • Online — live, interactive sessions
  • Face-to-face — UK-wide
  • Workshops, short courses, or staff development
  • Single session or multi-week delivery
  • Optional evaluation and reporting for funders and leadership

Final scope and fees depend on audience size, customisation, and outcomes required.

Pricing guide

Indicative pricing

Individuals

Online (1 to 2 hours)£150 – £250
Face-to-face (half day)£350 – £500
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Groups (up to 15)

Online workshop£750 – £1,200
Face-to-face workshop£1,200 – £1,800
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Organisations & institutions

Bespoke half-day£1,500 – £2,500
Full-day / programme£2,500 – £5,000+
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Includes custom content, context examples, and optional evaluation and reporting.

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Tell me about your training need

Share your audience, goals, delivery preference, and timelines, and I will recommend the most suitable format and scope. If you are a public body, NHS team, school, university, charity or funder partner, I can also provide a brief scope note and evaluation plan.

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On the contact form, choose “Workshops & Training” as your service of interest and include your audience, goals, delivery preference, and timelines.