EA & PA training days in London and Manchester, and £6 online Conversations

Three kinds. In-person training days in London and Manchester (the EA & PA Strategy Training Day and the Future Ready EA & PA Training Day), Chief of Staff events and programmes, and eavolve Conversations, which are short virtual sessions on the questions the profession keeps asking. Everything coming up is listed on this page in date order.

£6 a seat, including VAT, about the price of a cup of coffee. The price is deliberate: we want people in the room because the question matters to them, not because a budget was approved, and nobody should have to ask their manager first.

Both. The Conversations are virtual. The training days are in person, in London and Manchester, and are deliberately small so the facilitators can work with each person’s actual role. Every event page says which it is, and all times are given in UK time.

Each event page has a booking button that takes you to a secure Stripe checkout. Once your payment is confirmed we send your full invitation with the joining link or venue details. The “Save the date” links on the event pages only hold the slot in your diary until that invitation arrives.

Yes, and many do. For training days we provide a receipt and, where needed, an invoice to your organisation. If you need help making the case, read how to ask your employer to fund your training.

The next Future Ready EA & PA Training Day dates are Thursday 3 December 2026 at The Axle, 76 Quay Street, Manchester M3 4PR, with six places, and Thursday 14 January 2027 at Bloc, 17 Marble Street, Manchester M2 3AW. In London the day runs on Thursday 18 February 2027 and Thursday 11 March 2027, both in Central London. Every date runs from 09:00 to 17:00 and costs £675 + VAT per person. The next EA & PA Strategy Training Day dates are being finalised and are announced on this page first. Use the Register interest button on the Strategy Training Day above and we will send you the dates, the price and the booking link as soon as they are confirmed.

The EA & PA Strategy Training Day is £1,500 + VAT (£1,800 including VAT) and the Future Ready EA & PA Training Day is £675 + VAT. Both are full, in-person days in London and Manchester led by Emily Partridge in a small group. The Strategy day includes a dedicated workbook, the full course materials and a CPD accredited certificate of completion. For what EA training costs across the UK, read our guide to executive assistant training courses in the UK.

Emily Partridge, eavolve’s Managing Director and Creator, leads the training days and hosts most of the Conversations. Emily spent 15 years as a senior Executive Assistant, including in FTSE 100 chief executive offices, and went on to manage a global team of 60 EAs. Lily Shippen, eavolve’s Founder, has recruited EAs and Chiefs of Staff for over a decade through our sister company Lily Shippen and co-leads some sessions. Any guest host is named on the event itself.

A Conversation is 45 minutes online for £6, the price of a cup of coffee: one question the profession keeps asking and one practical takeaway, twice a month. A training day is a full day in person in London or Manchester, in a small group, with a workbook you keep and work you apply the following week. If you want to see how we work before committing a day, a Conversation is the easiest place to start.

Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Business Assistants and Chiefs of Staff at every stage, whether you are a year into the role or leading a team of assistants. Everything is built only for the assistant role, so the examples, the language and the people in the room all match your job. Employers who want to develop a whole team can look at our corporate training instead.

The £6 Conversations are the easiest place to start: 45 minutes online, twice a month, open to any Executive Assistant, PA or EA Leader.

Between events, the eavolve Coaching Guides let you work through one challenge at a time, from a pay rise to a performance review, with your eavolve coach on the page.