Accessible and Inclusive Communication

A practical half-day course that helps customer-facing teams make written, verbal and digital communication clearer, more accessible and easier for every customer to understand.

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Duration

Half-day

Delivery

In-person or virtual

Delegates

Max. 16 delegates

Fee

£1,600 + VAT

Clear communication is a core part of fair customer outcomes. Under FCA Consumer Duty, firms need to show that customers can understand the information they receive and make informed decisions. But standard communication can fail customers who face barriers linked to literacy, language, sensory needs, neurodiversity, digital confidence or the way information is presented.

Accessible and Inclusive Communication training gives colleagues the tools to spot when communication is not landing and adapt their approach before confusion becomes frustration, repeat contact, complaints or poor outcomes. The course uses real examples and practical discussion to show how small changes in language, structure, pace, format and channel choice can make a real difference.

Delegates leave with clear, usable techniques for improving everyday customer communication across phone, written and digital channels. This helps teams support customers more confidently, while giving organisations a stronger basis for meeting accessibility, Consumer Duty and customer understanding expectations.

Who is this course for?

  • Customer-facing team members
  • Contact centre teams
  • Claims handlers
  • Complaints handlers
  • Vulnerability Champions and vulnerability leads
  • Team leaders, supervisors and managers
  • Customer communications, content, digital and service design teams
  • L&D, compliance, quality assurance and operational leads responsible for customer communication standards

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What this course covers

  • Why accessible and inclusive communication is central to good customer outcomes
  • How intention can differ from customer perception
  • Common barriers across written, verbal and digital communication
  • How literacy, language, sensory needs, neurodiversity and digital confidence can affect engagement
  • How to recognise signs that a customer has not understood or cannot engage in the expected way
  • How different customer needs can affect communication preferences and behaviour
  • Why assumptions can lead to poor outcomes or missed support needs
  • How to use inclusive language that is clear, respectful and easy to follow
  • How to respond when a customer needs information explained, repeated or provided in another format
  • How to use plain language, clear structure and simple formatting
  • How to adapt pace, tone, environment and channel to meet individual needs
  • How to make reasonable adjustments in written, verbal and digital communication
  • Practical ways to improve readability, accessibility and usability
  • Tools, prompts and resources colleagues can use in day-to-day customer contact

How this training benefits your organisation

  • Supports FCA Consumer Duty by improving customer understanding and reducing avoidable confusion
  • Helps colleagues make communication clearer, calmer and more consistent across key channels
  • Reduces repeat contact, complaints and escalation linked to unclear or inaccessible communication
  • Gives teams practical language and adjustments they can use immediately
  • Strengthens evidence that your organisation considers different customer needs when designing and delivering communication
  • Improves confidence across written, verbal and digital customer interactions
  • Builds customer trust by making information easier to understand and act on
  • Helps managers, compliance teams and quality assurance teams identify where communication may need to be improved

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