New Year: New You - Develop your Digital Skills in 2025

As we step into the new year, it’s the perfect time to set fresh resolutions and look for new opportunities. If one of your goals is to learn a new skill, why not start with something that can enhance both your personal and professional life?

In today’s digital age, having digital skills is more important than ever, and there are many organisations across Salford ready to help.

Many of our partners within the Digital Provider Network offer free or low cost digital skills courses to Salford residents with little to no digital experience. Alternatively, you can use the Digital Help Finder Tool to find out what's available in your area.

Below we have highlighted a few organisations delivering digital skills courses in Salford:

City Skills, part of Salford City College Group, is offering free Essential Digital Skills courses to eligible Salford residents.

Course Details:

Taster Essential Digital Skills: 1 week starting from Monday 13 January, 9:30 - 11:30

Introduction to Essential Digital Skills: 9 weeks starting from Monday 20 January, 9:30 - 12:30

For more information visit City Skills website, call 0161 631 5004 or email enquiries@salfordcc.ac.uk.

Sovereign House is delivering digital skills classes for adults over 50 years old from at Langworthy Cornerstone Centre, M6 5QQ on Tuesdays from 2 - 4pm and Fridays from 1 - 3pm

These classes aim to empower older adults by teaching them the skills to use technology, enhancing their lives and gaining independence in digital access. The structured lessons are adapted to help participants gain the necessary knowledge.

For more information on the classes please contact Sovereign House direct.

Corinth Training offers a range of digital courses. All courses are free to Salford residents who are over 19 years old. Courses start from Monday 13 January and are delivered from different locations across the city.

Digital courses include:

First Steps/Next Steps IT
First Steps IT for ESOL
Digital Daily Life
Beginners/Intermediate Microsoft Office
First Steps/Next Steps Spreadsheets and Databases
First Steps Photoshop
Next Steps Digital Photography

For more information or to book on a course please contact Corinth Training direct.

Please find below information on a few more organisations that are delivering digital skills sessions in 2025:

Connect Talent CIO

From Wednesday 15 January, Connect Talent will start delivering free digital skills classes. Classes run on Wednesdays and Thursdays for five weeks and will be delivered from their hub at St James' House, Pendleton.

Following the successful completion of the course learners will receive a certificate with 10 CPD points and six months of free data.

To register your interest:

Call: 077 193 40478
Email: admin@connect-talent.org

Spaced are limited so please book on early to avoid disappointment.

Salford Community Upskilling

Delivering basic digital skills classes via drop-in sessions every Saturday from 2pm - 5pm. Sessions are delivered from the Community Room at Holm Court, Salford, M6 5FN.

Please contact Salford Community Upskilling for more information and to book onto a session.

Warm Hut

This charity offers weekly digital skills classes, delivered from St James' House in Pendleton. For more information and to register onto the next class, please use the following link.

Xyrius Training

Offering free IT skills courses. Xyrius also offers incentive schemes to participants. For more information click here.

Don't let 2025 pass by without investing in yourself. Take advantage of this chance to learn digital skills for free, and make your new year’s resolution one that will set you up for success.

To find more information on digital skills classes in your area please visit the Digital Help Finder Tool.

09 Jan 2025

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Digital Everyone

The Digital Everyone project is part of Salford’s aim to become a Digital City, an ambition which forms part of our wider vision for a better, fairer Salford to improve resident’s lives.