Barclays Digital Champion Programme Our Brand New Digit Champions Programm

Having digital skills – even just basic onescan make a big difference in both your personal and work life.

Working collaboratively with Barclays, we are able to offer you this amazing, free Digital Champion programme. The programme was designed for anyone who wants to support the people around them to develop these essential digital skills. You will be teaching essential digital skills to help people become more skilled or avoid becoming digitally excluded and isolated The programme uses virtual sessions alongside online learning modules on Digital Wings to create an environment for Digital Champions to develop their digital skills ready to start supporting people around them. You don’t need to be a digital expert to become a Digital Champion but you do need a passion for helping others.

es it work? To become a Digital Champion you’ll join minute virtual sessions hosted by Barclays Digital You’ll also need to complete some specially selected arning modules in Digital Wings to help boost your ge and give you the skills you need to share with gramme will take around six weeks to complete with 90 minutes of learning each week Following this, hampions will have a learning space to revisit for new g, resources and more support if needed.

Here’s what we’ll cover: Virtual sessions: Becoming a Digital Champion, digital basics and fraud and scams

Online courses: Communicating, transacting and being safe and legal online.

More information about the programme can be found here: https://digital.wings.uk.barclays/digital-champions

Follow the steps below to get started:

Getting started!

Follow the steps below to get started:

1 - Register - When you register to become a Digital Champion, you’ll other Digital Champion trainees. You’ll stay in this group throughout the programme, and you’ll have to attend each session to complete the programme and become a Digital Champion.

2 - Complete the learning - In addition to attending the virtual sessions, you’ll need to complete three specially selected Digital Wings modules which cover all the topics you’ll be expected to start sharing in your Digital Champion role. In each session and module, we'll give you some ideas on how you can use the learning to help others.

3 - Tell us how you’re doing - Once your learning is complete Barclays team will ask you to share how you’re doing after 30, 60 and 90 days so keep a note of how many people you’re helping. This could be by sharing Digital Wings or showing people how to do something digitally for the first time. You will also have the opportunity to let Barclays know if you need any more help.