All training and events are free to Enfield community and voluntary groups unless otherwise stated.
March 2025
EVA Cost of Living and Homelessness Network meeting
Tuesday 25 March 2025 | 10am to 11.30am | Online
This month’s network meeting – for community and voluntary groups whose members or clients may be facing problems with the rising cost of living or the threat of homelessness – has three guest speakers:
Kerry Coe from North Enfield Foodbank, Victor Amadigwe, chief executive of Enfield branch of Haringey Law Centre, and Maheen Asad from charity Hestia’s Enfield Mental Health Integrated Service.
April 2025
EVA consultation on AI
Tuesday 1 April 2025 | 11am to 12pm | Online
Is your community or voluntary group looking to explore AI (artificial intelligence)? EVA would like to invite you to a consultation meeting to discuss how our local groups are using or thinking about AI and explore how EVA could support you in navigating the AI landscape.
NB This is a consultation event, NOT an AI training course.
Developing and sustaining effective partnerships: EVA Cost of Living and Homelessness Network training
Wednesday 23 April 2025 | 10am to 11.30am | Online
With speakers Marie Stewart from Homeless Link, the umbrella group for organisations working to prevent and reduce homelessness, and EVA projects and partnerships manager Fred Adams-Montantin.
May 2025
Introduction to AI for small community and voluntary organisations
Thursday 1 May 2025 | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Online
What does AI mean for smaller community and voluntary groups? This introductory practical session, provided by our partners at IT experts Superhighways, will help you understand the opportunities AI offers in areas like improved efficiency and fundraising, as well as key considerations you should bear in mind to ensure you use AI in an informed and safe way.
June 2025
Basic bookkeeping with Excel
Thursday 5 June 2025 | 9.45am to 2.45pm | EVA office, Community House, 311 Fore Street, London N9 0PZ
An introduction to using Excel to construct petty cash and cash book worksheets, recording and analysing income and expenditure types and bank reconciliations.
EVON – Enfield Volunteer Organisers’ Network
Thursday 26 June 2025 | 10am to 11.30am | Online
Topic: An introduction to “postvention” – an organised response after suicide, with guest speaker, Naomi Pendleton from suicide response and support service Amparo.