Join EVOLVE Advice and special guests for a series of live and on-demand webinars to support you in managing your educational visits. These webinars are a useful source of advice and practical ideas for EVCs, Visit Leaders, Business Managers, Heads of Co-curricular, Heads and School Governors. Our experienced advisers will share advice and guidance on key topics, providing case studies and practical considerations for your trips and visits. Ask questions and learn from other EVCs and visit leaders.
Places are limited so book early to reserve your place.
Browse the listings below or filter by tags and categories to search for specific topics. If there’s a subject that you’d like us to cover, don’t be shy - email training@evolveadvice.co.uk with your suggestions.
Start the Week: Ask an Adviser
Join our Director, Jake Wiid on Mondays between 10-11am for our ‘Start the Week’ drop-in sessions for EVCs, senior leaders and central Trust/Group/LA teams.
These are run on an ‘Ask Me Anything’ basis – bring your questions, or topics you want know more about. Come as often as you like, for as long as you need. Ask an adviser – we’re here to help!
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In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for Heads/SLT and EVCS, we’ll outline some of the benefits and pitfalls of mobile device use on educational visits and answer your questions.
Pharos Response specialises in supporting schools in times of crisis, including emergencies on educational visits. In this webinar, they’ll suggest practical steps you can implement to ensure you are better prepared in case of emergency.
Join our adviser Andy Smith for this practical webinar where we’ll outline the considerations you need to cover in your planning and risk management to effectively support students (and staff) with medical needs on educational visits.
In this interactive webinar for EVCs and school staff involved in managing educational visits, EVOLVE Advice’s Angela Willerton will take you through the principles of effective risk assessment. We’ll discuss how to identify hazards and control measures and suggest tools and tips to help you embed good practice with your team.
Join our adviser Helena for this practical webinar where we’ll outline the Visit Leader role and responsibilities, share good practice and offer top tips on running successful visits. We’ll signpost available resources and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session we’ll demonstrate how to complete an Event Specific Plan for your visit. We will take you through the risk assessment process and how to effectively identify all aspects that the school is responsible for in relation to the specific visit and learners.
In this interactive webinar for EVCs, teachers and school staff involved in managing educational visits, EVOLVE Advice’s Andy Smith will draw on his extensive experience of ski visits across the world to discuss the benefits and key elements of planning and executing a successful ski trip. There will be the opportunity for questions.
Join our adviser, H, for this practical webinar where we’ll outline the role and responsibilities of Educational Visits Coordinators (EVCs). We’ll share good practice and offer tips to help you with your planning and team management. We’ll signpost to available resources and there’ll be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Join our Educational Visits Adviser for this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for new EVCS. Our adviser will be on hand to answer questions from New EVCs to help you build confidence in your new role. This is an informal session to help support new or inexperienced EVCs.
In this webinar, Pharos Response – critical incident specialists – will explain how to manage communication during and after a serious incident on a school trip. They’ll offer practical advice and tips to inform your critical incident planning.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for EVCS, EVOLVE Advice’s Helena Cresswell will clarify the difference between a venue and a provider, explain quality marks/awards, what to check about providers and where to look for ideas and reviews. Plus, top tips for completing provider forms and plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
In this interactive webinar for EVCs, teachers and school staff involved in managing educational visits, EVOLVE Advice’s Angela Willerton and Sarah Knight of The Allergy Team will answer questions on allergies and how to support children and young people with allergies when offsite on school trips and visits.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for Heads/SLT and EVCS, we’ll offer advice on recruiting additional adults to support successful and high quality educational visits, and offer tips for effective briefing and delegation of roles on the day of visits.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for Heads and EVCS, EVOLVE Advice’s Jake Wiid will share advice on what to look for when reviewing contracts or waivers, and what you should expect in the way of assurance from providers.
In this webinar, for EVCs and senior leaders in schools, we’re joined by Pharos Response, critical incident specialists. They’ll review common themes in school trip incidents and suggest practical steps to take to help reduce the risk.
Have you encountered resistance from parents/carers or challenging questions about risk, or value? In this webinar we’ll cover strategies for maximising uptake of educational visits, addressing parent/carer concerns and perceptions to help improve uptake of your educational visits.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for Heads and EVCS, EVOLVE Advice’s Jake Wiid will address key concerns raised by parents and how to tackle them.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for EVCS, EVOLVE Advice’s Angela Willerton will cover EVC responsibilities, good practice and top tips. We’ll point you towards available resources and there’ll be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Insights from research into the experiences of autistic pupils and educational visits. Guest speaker Andrew Hall will explore the barriers schools face and the strategies that make visits safe, inclusive, and successful. Expect clear, practical guidance that will help visit leaders and senior staff move beyond compliance to deliver genuinely inclusive practice.
In this interactive webinar for EVCs, teachers and school staff involved in managing educational visits, EVOLVE Advice’s Andy Smith and Sarah Knight of The Allergy Team will answer questions on allergies and how to support children and young people with allergies when offsite on school trips and visits.
In this ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online session for Heads/SLT and EVCS, we’ll pick out the main points you need to review - and what to look for - when approving visits. The aim is to speed up the process for everyone so that your visits are approved and ready to go with minimal back and forth.
The first in a series of ‘20:1 Flash Focus’ online sessions for Heads/SLT and EVCS. In this online meeting we’ll pick out the main points you need to review - and what to look for - when approving visits. The aim is to speed up the process for everyone so that your visits are approved and ready to go with minimal back and forth.
Advice to help you fulfil your responsibilities around selecting and assessing suitable providers for your educational visits.
Join EVOLVE Advice and eduFOCUS for a free training session to show you how to get the most from the additional functionality unlocked by EVOLVE+. For existing EVOLVE+ users.
Find out how EVOLVE+ works and how it could supercharge your visit management. Free, no obligation demo for EVOLVE Lite users.
Be prepared for your overseas visits. Get the latest updates on travel requirements, and advice on working with tour operators and providers, managing groups, and supervision.
Advice on planning for and managing educational visits in changing environments. Includes advice on supervision, risk management, preventing incidents and managing emergencies.
A deep-dive into using your local learning area for educational visits. Learn how to set the area, what to consider, risk assessment considerations and how to use your local area effectively for learning.
Planning and risk management considerations to help prevent behaviour being a barrier to children accessing and enjoying educational visits.
Advice on supporting children and young people with their physical and mental health, SEND, allergies, medication on educational visits to support inclusion.
An adviser's guide to planning self-led visits - understand your responsibilities. For anyone who currently organises, or is planning to organise, self-led educational visits.
Did you know brands like M&S, Tesco, eBay, Argos, and 8,000 others can help fund your educational visits? Join Jo from easyfundraising for a live webinar on how online fundraising platform easyfundraising works and how to set it up, for your school. easyfundraising takes people’s everyday online shopping and turns it into free donations from retailers, which you can use to help fund your trips.
Do you want to make your educational visits more sustainable but don’t know how? Join us for practical advice on improving the environmental and social impact of your UK and overseas visits, whether self-led or with a provider.
Join us for a live webinar with Jake Wiid, Director and Educational Visits Adviser at EVOLVE Advice. Understand your role and responsibilities related to educational visits and co-curricular activities; including: how to manage risk and how to ensure compliance with relevant guidance. A webinar for senior leaders in boarding schools.
What does 'effective supervision' really mean? In this webinar, we'll look closely at the three types of supervision for educational visits and explore measures you can implement that maintain safety without compromising the educational and broader benefits of an educational visit.
Staff competence is key to safe, well-managed educational visits. In this webinar, you'll learn how to build, train and support Visit Leaders and the wider staff team to run safe and memorable visits.
In this interactive webinar for EVCs, teachers and school staff involved in managing educational visits, EVOLVE Advice’s Andy Smith and Sarah Knight of The Allergy Team will answer questions on allergies and how to support children and young people with allergies when offsite on school trips and visits.
