Digital wellbeing workshop

An engaging and interactive workshop for young people and their parents, carers or family members to explore the powerful influence apps, games and online platforms can have on our brains, behaviour and wellbeing.

Rather than making technology the enemy, this session is about understanding why screens can be so hard to put down and giving families practical tools to build healthier digital habits together.

We’ll explore:

• How dopamine, reward pathways and persuasive design influence attention, motivation, habits and decision-making.

• Why notifications, endless scrolling, autoplay and variable rewards can make it difficult to switch off.

• How screen use can affect sleep, stress, mood, relationships and overall wellbeing.

• How digital distractions can affect focus, learning and everyday life.

• Gaming, gambling-like features and the growing influence of online betting culture.

• Practical strategies young people and adults can use to take back control of their digital habits.

• Ways families can have positive conversations about screens and create realistic boundaries together.

This isn’t a lecture about spending less time online. It’s an interactive evening designed to help families understand what is happening behind the screen, start useful conversations and leave with simple strategies they can actually use at home.