{"id":4442,"date":"2024-03-28T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/?page_id=4442"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:16:09","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4444 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-14.13.06-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-14.13.06-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-14.13.06-1024x375.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-14.13.06-768x281.png 768w, https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-14.13.06-600x219.png 600w, https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-14.13.06.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Never been to a Computer Friendly Course before?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It may be a long, long time since you went to school.<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps the thought of a &#8216;Course&#8217; brings back memories of sitting in rows being talked at, not really understanding what&#8217;s going on.<\/li>\n<li>Did it all go over your head with the material not really appropriate to your level?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Computer Friendly Courses aren&#8217;t like that<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Starting Off Courses are really that &#8211; for people at the very beginning of their journey to understand this increasingly complicated digital world. And they are only \u00a324 &#8211; that&#8217;s just \u00a36 for each 2hour session.<\/li>\n<li>You may have no interest in computers, tablets or smartphones or sick of being pushed into doing things online.<\/li>\n<li>Your children, grandchildren or nephews and nieces may have their heads stuck on a screen and seem to talk in a foreign language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A Computer Friendly course will help with your confidence<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Already own a tablet or smartphone but nervous in case you do something wrong?<\/li>\n<li>Not able to do things other people can and missing out?<\/li>\n<li>Know that there&#8217;s more your device can do but it seems complicated?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What happens at a Computer Friendly Course?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You will be welcomed by one of our our experienced (and patient) tutors and a helper<\/li>\n<li>You will be one of no more than 6-8 people and will be provided with a free Workbook &#8211; to keep &#8211; so you can practice at home<\/li>\n<li>You will have the chance to ask questions &#8211; there is no such thing as a stupid question!<\/li>\n<li>You will be able to talk to other people who are learning how to use their devices &#8211; always good to know there are others with the same problems!<\/li>\n<li>Not only will you learn how to do the things you want to &#8211; you will find out some things you didn&#8217;t know were possible!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Still not sure?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you would like to talk to someone just call <strong>01727 617359\u00a0<\/strong>on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday beweeen 10am and 1pm or leave a message on the answerphone out-of-hours. We&#8217;ll call you back.<br \/>\nYou can also email <strong>courses@cfsta.org<\/strong> for more information<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>All our venues are on the ground floor with wheelchair access, toilets, free parking and are near public transport links<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never been to a Computer Friendly Course before? 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