Smartphone Skills
Workshops 2025
Smartphone Skills Workshops
We are delighted to be able to host another set of digital workshops, thanks to generous funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. From 19th September 2025 we will host a series of smartphone skills workshops based at The East Finchley Constitutional Club, not far from the East Finchley Library. The workshops will be free to participants, but booking will be required as we only have a limited number of places available.
Workshop Timetable
Date | Title | Content | Leader |
18th September 2025 | Maps/Getting Around/Bus Checker/What 3 Words./ | An intro to Google Maps, CityMapper and BusTimes app. | Salim/Gillian |
25th September 2025 | Internet Banking & Shopping Intro | Intro to online shopping and banking. | Gillian |
2nd October | Barnet Health Tips | FAB - Fitness Apps for Barnet residents. And a brief look at the council website. Move + App. Online Form filling.
| Anna Lisa and Toni |
9th October | Emails. Staying safe online. | Multiple eMail addresses in one app. Bulk deleting. Watch out for scams and don’t click on links. | Salim |
16th October | Scams awareness | Staying Safe online | Joyce from AgeUK |
23rd October | Library Apps | Library card, PRess REader, read aloud apps etc | Neil from the Library |
30th October | AI for smartphones and tablets | AI - What is it? Should I be worried? How can it help? Using Chat GPT to write letters. | Salim |
6th November | NHS online | Farah from Groundwork will give you insights into the NHS app, what you can do online, eg: ordering prescriptions, changing doctors etc. and answer any questions you may have. | Farah (Health Ambassador)/Marta (exGP) |
13th November | Taking and Editing photos & videos | Hands on practice at taking photos and videos and editing them. | Salim/Alan |
20th November | iCloud storage - retrieving photos. FindMyPhone. | Understanding and Comparing various cloud storage facilities and pricing, How to use them. Find my phone | Salim/Alan |
27th November | iPad art/Canva/pages | iPad artist Norma will show us how she uses her iPad to create art (I couldn’t get David HOckney to come along!), and Toni will introduce us to Canva - the best app for creating posters and invitations etc. | Norma/Toni |
4th December | WhatsApp intermediates | Ticks, Sending photos and videos with WhatsApp. Finding them quickly (search media). Chats, settings, voice messages, voice transcribing,WhatsApp for iPad. | Salim |
Spaces are limited, so you are advised to book early. Bookings will open in August 2025
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Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
These workshops would not have been possible without the generous funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.
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