Training and Events

The Evelyn Oldfield Unit provides free, accessible and practical training for Refugee Community Organisations on a range of subjects, in order to help groups to build their capacity, develop skills and knowledge, and address issues that are relevant to them and their communities.

Forthcoming Events

For further information about any of the training events listed below please email the Development Team or call us on: 020 7700 8213.

To book a place on one of the courses, send us a completed Training Booking Form

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Computer Skills for Financial Management
4-day course
22nd, 25th, 29th & 30th June 2009
How to use computer software for bookkeeping. The training covers two useful packages for keeping accounts: Microsoft Excel and Quickbooks.

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Getting Involved in the Green Scene
Environmental Training
Various dates starting from 23rd June 2009

Are you interested in getting involved in the environmental sector? This could be anything from collecting second hand items for needy people, reusing household items, cleaning up your neighbourhood, using the outdoors as a means of therapy – anything!
This is a growing sector, one of the few sectors where there is growth at the moment, and there are lots of funds to support initiatives. This is also a sector where there is under-representation from refugee and asylum seeker groups.
This is a joint initiative between the Evelyn Oldfield Unit and London Community Recycling Network. We ran an ‘Environmental Taster’ evening some weeks ago and based on feedback from that, we have designed a 4-part course to get groups more involved. This is open to refugee, asylum seeker and other community organisations who want to work with the new communities.
There will be lots of practical advice given as well as chances to visit existing projects, network and to share your learning and experience with other groups

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Measuring Community Impact: Getting More from Your Monitoring & Evaluating
1 day course
Wednesday 29th July 2009

Do you want to:

• Study good practice case studies in monitoring and evaluating?
• Go beyond the usual tools and methods
• Take part in an interactive workshop to progress your existing evaluating systems?
• Involve your users in the process?
• Capture that ’added value’ that funders talk about?
• Think about your long-term impact?
• And therefore write better funding applications?

Then this event is for you!

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If you would like further information about how we can help your organisation, or would like to discuss your training needs with a Development Worker, please contact the Development Team on 020 7700 8213.