Hi @Jakeandrews everyone here was once a complete beginner so don’t worry. Welcome to the forum and feel free to ask any questions you have - were a friendly bunch.
Freetrade have put together some useful resources to help out HERE. If you want to just straight to information about how dividends work and the dates that are important THIS is what you’re looking for. There is also an
As @Big-g said you don’t need do anything if this is a long term hold for you then you can just wait for the email / notification from :freetrade:
Swing past the beginners thread and have a glance or search you might find some useful information there.