Digital Functional Skills - Level 1 - High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield - Adult Learning

High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

Date	11 September 2025 - 26 February 2026
Sessions	Thursdays: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
No. sessions	20
Venue	High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	Free

About this course

Looking to improve your IT skills at a steady pace with expert support? This Level 1 Digital Skills course is perfect for anyone who wants to build a strong foundation in technology. Whether you're returning to learning, changing careers, or simply want to feel more confident using digital tools in everyday life.

You’ll be guided by a friendly, experienced tutor in a fully equipped Inspire venue, where you’ll have everything you need to succeed. The course is open to everyone and is designed to fit around your learning style, helping you embed knowledge over time so it truly sticks.

By the end of the course, you’ll:

• Feel more confident using digital tools and online services

• Be better prepared for a wide range of job roles

• Learn how to manage tasks like online banking, finding information, and applying for jobs

• Have a clear pathway to more advanced digital training or workplace learning

Units include: 1. Using devices and handling information, 2. Creating and editing, 3. Communicating, 4. Transacting, 5. Being safe and responsible online.

Whether you're looking to upskill for work or life, this course is your first step towards unlocking new opportunities in today’s digital world.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014