UNITED KINGDOM / AGILITYPR.NEWS / May 06, 2026 / Google-certified digital skills trainer and PASIM™ founder Francene Mullings brings over a decade of community-led digital training to a new Community Interest Company.

London, 2026 — Digital Skills Now CIC today announces the launch of its free digital skills training hub, delivering practical workshops and programmes across London boroughs in libraries, community centres, housing offices, and other trusted local spaces.

Founded by Francene Mullings, a Google-certified digital marketing professional with more than ten years of experience training individuals, small businesses, and community organisations, Digital Skills Now CIC is built on a simple belief: that digital skills should be accessible to everyone, regardless of age, background, or income.

Mullings first began delivering free community workshops in 2014, running sessions from a local office space in Morden. What she found changed her direction.

“I walked in expecting to help a few business owners. What I found was an entire community of people who needed to get online but had nowhere to turn. That’s when I knew this had to be at the heart of everything.”

Francene Mullings, Founder, Digital Skills Now CIC

Since then, she has trained hundreds of learners through partnerships with Hammersmith and Fulham Council, delivered social media sessions at Fulham Library, lectured at Manchester Metropolitan University, and developed the PASIM™ framework, a practical digital marketing system now used by entrepreneurs, charities, and councils across the UK. She is also the author of The Practical Digital Marketing Planner, a widely endorsed guide for small businesses tackling digital overwhelm on a limited budget.

Digital Skills Now CIC brings that experience into a structured, scalable organisation. The hub offers over 26 free workshops and programmes across four areas: everyday digital life skills, work and productivity, small business growth, and sessions for young people aged 8 to 16. All training is delivered by experienced, vetted trainers in community venues chosen for accessibility and familiarity.

With an estimated 10 million adults in the UK still lacking basic digital skills, and public services increasingly moving online, the need has never been more urgent. Digital Skills Now CIC operates as a Community Interest Company meaning all income is locked for community benefit and reinvested directly into delivery.

The organisation is currently seeking community venues, library partners, and housing associations across London boroughs to host free sessions, and is open to enquiries from employers and funders wishing to commission training programmes.

For more information visit

info@digitalskillsnow.org.uk